After reading "The Death of Pretty" by Pat Archbold and "Men Growing Up to be Boys" by Lakshmi Chaudhry, I found that they both are concerned about similar issues. In "The Death of Pretty" Archbold goes on about how young women are obsessed with the idea of being hot or sexy instead of being pretty, because their mindset is that it will grab more attention from men... And what do most women want? Attention. In "Men Growing Up to be Boys", Lakshmi tells us how the majority of young guys don't want to grow up and obtain careers, families, responsibilities, etc., but instead avoid it at all cost and continue to be irresponsible, self-absorbed pigs.
If these two authors decided to have dinner together, I feel like it would actually go very well. I think if both authors shared their articles with each other, they would both agree 100% with one another. I believe that they both have a similar problem with society. I feel like maybe they would try and out talk each other because they both have very strong points in their articles and are excellent writers. Both authors have the common desire to get society back the way it used to be: when women strived to be classy and beautiful instead of a sex symbol, and when men strived for adulthood, parenthood, and a well-rounded life after boyhood.
I completely agree with the stated opinion. The authors would indeed get along and elicit agreeable conversation. To both authors’ ideas though, I would have to qualify their stated opinions. First, I believe that the authors are, intentionally or not, looking at the negative, “glass half empty,” point of view to the bigger picture of the younger generation. Countering their assumptions that all teenagers/adolescent adults are slacking in responsibility and simply desiring to look “hot,” it is safe to say that this generation is also by far the most creative, self-expressive, and open minded. Unlike past generations, ours is one of greatest opportunity and equality. This generation is one that has spawned some of the most intelligent, tech savvy individuals. Though, as a child looks up to their parent, our generation has been “taught” by the elder parent generation, or in this case, the media tycoons, what they should and shouldn’t desire and act like. Thus, in reality, whose fault is it that “we act the way we do.” It certainly wasn’t the teenagers who grew up learning to act in this way, for they were only children when they were first exposed to this form of propaganda. All in all, it may be true that the younger generation has become more narcissistic and seem to be shirking responsibility, but it likewise can be said that they have a lot to offer the nation, as well as the world. Due to our creativity and mental capacity for knowledge, paired with our readily available technology, and further enhanced by our open-minded essence, it could quite possibly allow us to become greater than our predecessors.
ReplyDeleteI like how you mentioned that both authors "have the common desire to get society back the way it used to be," which is very true and I didn't think about that. I can see why you say they would get along because even though they are sort of blaming the other gender, they need to realize that they have their own flaws. Like in your title, "Men are Pigs, Girls want attention" and each of those affects the other. I've read other posts and they all say that the authors would get along and at first I was confused because I thought they wouldn't but your post helped me clarify why the authors would agree with each other.
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