Blog Assignment #3

In the movie boyz n the hood, several musculinities are considered positive. The first one is that men should have independence spirit and work for what they want to get. Just like Tre and Ricky, they fought for their independ and responsible life. Also, to be rational is another positive musculinity. Like Tre's dad, he was always able to guide the boys in the right track and tell them to distinguish the evil and the good. Moreover, boys all have good body shapes to show and it is positive to be strong physically. However, Dough's revenge action and his despise upon the female are considered "dangerous" masculine. The revenge action indirectly caused his death, which is so dangerous to think about. His disdain on female is pretty disgusting and rude, actually it is a reflection of extremely self- humiliation.
The race is playing an fundamental role in this movie. First of all, the movie is mainly about African American and the race is unique. Also, race plays an stereotype to show the negative side of African American blocks. Also, men of African American are considered to be strong in body in gender norms.
Women characters are not the dominant roles in the movie, and they go extreme. The Tre's girl friend was so hardworking and smart while others are kind of stupid and dependent. They are passive agents in the movie. In fact, they are just the affiliations of boys partly because the movie discussing about "boyz".
There are four or five characters who are "outsiders-within". Obviously, Tre, Tre's girl friend, Ricky, Tre's dad are the "outsiders-within". The one who is a little vague to fit in the expression is Ricky's mother.