Questions for GUYLAND (SET NUMBER 1)

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READING ASSIGNMENT - IS AS FOLLOWS:
PREFACE
PAGES 1 THROUGH 8 (ENDS WITH "JUST WHO ARE THESE GUYS?")
PAGES 44 (START OF CHAPTER 3 - BROS BEFORE HOS) THROUGH 57 (PAGE BREAK)

YOUR QUESTIONS:
1)  Preface - According to Kimmell (author), why is he writing the book?

2)  - Chapter 1 -   What has Jeff done with his life after graduating college? (what does he do on weekends?)

3) What can you tell me about DAVE - the freshman roommate.  What is his schedule like?  And how is his money situation?

4)  Guys around the age of 18 to 25 would usually be looking to establish themselves as the nation's future professionals, and business leaders.  They would also be engaged or already married - with a family.  BUT WHAT ARE GUYS AGED 18 TO 25 DOING NOW WHEN LIVING IN "GUYLAND?"

5)  How does Kimmell actually define Guyland?  -What does he identify it as?  And what DON'T guys have to worry about in Guyland?

6) After reading about the middle school teacher and his son, Nick, explain what Nick is like when he's NOT around his friends - and when he's with his Dad.      -WHAT IS HE LIKE WHEN HE'S WITH HIS FRIENDS? 

7)  Guyland is a kind of "suspended animation" between ____________________ and _______________.
    -Fill in the blank - AND What does this mean?

8)  Although guys in Guyland acknowledge feelings of insecurity and fear, they also acknowledge that they cannot share the fact that they are afraid of growing up with their peers/friends.
-  How do they handle the fears that they feel (especially in college)? 
And what does it mean that they "know that something is rotten in the State of Denmark?"

9)  At the end of chapter 1, you are left with an identification of "Just who are these guys?"
Well, WHO ARE THESE GUYS THAT INHABIT GUYLAND?

CHAPTER 3 - BROS BEFORE HOS - THE GUY CODE
10)  What's the difference between the answers men and women give for the question of, "What it means to be a man/woman?"

11) After reading about the "rules of masculinity," you find out about why Men act the way they do (and who they are trying to impress).
-whereas most would assume that men are trying impress women, this reading indicates that it's something else entirely.
-WHO ARE "MEN" MOST COMMONLY TRYING TO IMPRESS BY BEING MASCULINE?

12)  What is the most common "put down" in middle or high school in America?

13)  According to some women, why might they "suspect" that a man is "gay?"

14)  Conversely, how can men re-affirm (re-establish) their masculinity while with women (what constitutes the "anti- gay" way of acting?)

15)  What stupid things to guys sometimes do in order to prove their level of masculinity?  (especially men ages 19 to 29).    And what does it mean to say that "safety is emasculating? -IN YOUR OWN WORDS)

16)  Ever since Signmund Freud (a famous psychologist), men have believed that the key to masculinity is separation.  EXPLAIN WHAT THIS MEANS.

17)  Explain the role that "rage" plays in the life of a "guy" when he is embarrassed. 
-AND FILL IN THE BLANK - "It's better to be ______ than sad."

18)  Lastly, why is violence a necessary part of masculinity in tough neighborhoods (as well as "wannabe" tough gangs/neighborhoods).  -Violence is a way to prove your _________________.
And if someone doesn't measure up, what happens to them in some variations of "Guyland?"

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