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After reading the first chapter of C.J. Pascoe book, I started to think how society dictates the way men and women have to behave in life. In the skit, that was the beginning of the book, Pascoe, as I understood, tried to show how people think and how there are determined to believe in a cultural norm created by society. If we take the subject of masculinity and sexuality and try to apply it in one person’s life. So we probably can see how parents, teachers and other people have an influence on one’s life.

In childhood, parents often decide to buy a blue colored clothes for a boy and pink colored clothes for a girl. In some families’ boys are taught to be brave and fearless and being strong and girls are taught to be care full, hospitable and kind. On the other hand, some other families give their child a right for a self-discovery. Little boy or a girls decide for themselves how and who the want to be. However as soon as a child gets to a school, the situations changes completely. Sometimes teachers take too much responsibility and try to tell a child who they have to be. A child is exposed to other children around him or her. In school a child interacts with other children and it brings some understanding what his or her place is. In case of boys they understand what it means to stand up for himself because conflicts always happen in the school environment. Thus, masculinity topic ascents. Sexuality begins with interactions between both genders. Teachers also play a huge part in this because they can explain these topics to the students. In the outside world adolescents are exposed to media, which often shows them who they need to be. Sometimes it’s a good thing, if there is a very good role model. However, other times media can give a bad influence and a bad role model. Thus I believe that parents, school and the environment plays  a huge role in defining masculinity and sexuality for girls and boys.