Gender Roles In William Pollack's Real Boys

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When it comes to contemporary male gender roles, it is becoming further accepted that men are nurturing and expressive. Unfortunately, there is still a large amount of traditional male gender roles. Men are to be considered as aggressive, rational, and demonstrate instrumental traits, or task-oriented (Cohen and Strong 125). Also, men have been traditionally raised up as dominant over women such that men are to provide for their family, and express dominance over the household. In William Pollack’s book “Real Boys,” he uses his research to help show the struggle men of all ages face in order to fulfill the gender roles set by families and society. “Real Boys explores this generation’s “silent crisis”; why so many boys are sad, lonely, and