What Boys Will Be Boys Really Mean Summary

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In the story ‘’What Does Boys Will Be Boys Really Mean’’ the author makes interesting points about girls and women being used in disrespectful manners in media and boys wearing clothes with pimp labels on them. When I first heard the name of the story I thought the author was going to write about boys being dirty and being disrespectful and that is kind of what the story was about. Having the class not watch Family Guy was a smart idea because Family Guy isn’t for little kids. Family guy is about the Griffins, a family consisting of parents Peter and Lois their children Meg, Chris, and Stewie; and their talking pet dog Brian doing crazy things such as trying to kill one another and violent acts and the show is an American adult animated sitcom created by Seth MacFarlane. By the teacher not showing Family Guy she was not going to have a show like that encourage her class to act in a …show more content…

Not all boys are irresponsible about sex and boys and girls face consequences about sex because of pregnancy and diseases. Also, not all boys take advantage of the motto “Boys will be bad” and act out on purpose, I myself never take advantage of the stereotype of boys will be boys, I act as good as a girl and respect everyone. I was confused about the video game with the women holding a gun, and the author said ‘’the ad implies that he’s just another low life guy who lives and breathes to ogle and grab every large breasted women he sees, myself being a gamer I never buy game products based on sexual content with women. To conclude this reaction, not all boys are disrespectful, dirty, or rough, boys can be the sweetest people on this earth and the stereotype “boys will be bad” isn’t always

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