Real Men Love Losing?

I thought it was interesting talking about the fact that our society today looks upon men who show emotion with disdain. How not only do they not try to cry or show emotion, but they have consistently been shown that it is not acceptable, therefor actually making it harder for them to cry. This made me think back to a situation I remember not too long ago, involving former Florida Gators quarterback, Tim Tebow. I dont really watch football but I remember my boyfriend and his friends talking about some college football player crying after loosing a game. Tebow and his team played a great season, unfortunately towards the end loosing against Alabama in a championship game. Tim Tebow, being a very important player for this team, began to cry.

(Notice the title, "Tim Tebow CRYING like a  little girl after loosing to Alabama in SEC championship game")

I'd love to know: How in ANY way is that not normal?? Would not any person cry if they lost something they put all their time and effort into? One would think that viewers would simphasize with Tebow, right?
WRONG.

The next football games on ESPN had crowds of people and signs making fun of Tim Tebow for crying. It was the talk of ESPN, and all over the internet for weeks after that. The fact that he cried was completely unacceptable among his peers and fellow football fans. As if Tim Tebow had not already proved himself being an amazing football quarterback. "Tim Tebow CRYING like a little girl..." Headlines like that were overwhelmingly common and he seemed to loose quite some popularity. "Tim Tebow crying ...has been the hottest Google search trend according to Google Trends" says the Bleacher Report.

Why have we created a nation where we have put our boys and men so far down about crying that one is tormented for doing so? Where did this start, and when will it stop? Real men dont cry: its a rediculous statement and makes no sense at all. Just as rediculous as saying real men love to loose.

Paying to Advertise

Today I thought it was interesting talking about the clothes that people wear in this day and age. The people who are "walking billboards"; that wear shirts that have the brand name right across the shirt or the butt. I can not toughly criticize- I once used to guilty of the Hollister or the  Abercrombie shirts. People wear these types of clothing to label themselves important or successful because they can afford such expensive name brands. 

$30 ordinary Abercrombie shirt

I think to myself, and wonder in general, why do people feel the need to impress people they do not know so bad? Why do we pay the extra money just to get an extra glance on the street? ABC news asks the question are expensive clothes worth it? They explain how Americans spend $2 billion a year on clothing and footwear.

Ancient Story Still Here to Haunt

I thought it was interesting in the video we watched, "The Electronic Storyteller", how far so many things were exaggerated. One that stuck to me in particular, is the fact that many movies and tv shows commonly portray young women being victims of violence, and then the effect is that it makes women the most afraid of such violence. Whereas real statistics show that young women are the least likely to be victims of violence over any other group. Heavy media coverage of such certain subjects add to the misconception that these things happen more than we think. We all remember the horrible story of Kitty Genovese, who was raped and killed outside of her appartment building?

That tragedy happened in 1964, and is still talked about today. It is something that has stuck by me, making me afraid to walk outside at night. Gerbner, in "The Electronic Storyteller", was exactly right I now realize. Due to heavy media coverage of an awful, yet very rare occasion, I and probably many others, are more afraid of certain situations than really should be.