The reading by Hooks, Being a Boy, left me upset. Is the anger of men so common placed that it is totally not seen or are we so adjusted to see the signs of it that it goes unnoticed by the public at large. I was not aware of it being so universal. I know that teen violence is a great concern today, but it has always be a concern of the adult generations for as long as there has been teenagers. The way that boys are raised is not conductive to their being able to handle the suppressed confusion and anger that they apparently hold all of their lives. There seemed to be no solution that would be consider a quick fix or anything except a complete change of society to one of a less rigid standard of masculinity for boys. I would hope that men were able to see what this "Macho" image did to them and would try to change the way they treat their own sons, but apparently this is not the common results, but just the opposite men are raising their sons to be just as angry and hurt as they were themselves. Perhaps women could also change their ideal of what a man should be and openly love and accept both the men and boys in their lives.
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