Compare and Contrast Essay Structure

Gladys Otavalo                                                             

Miss. Bogacka

ENG 101.0800

October 22, 2010

Venn Diagram

Reading #1                                                            

Author:  Yen Le Espiritu                                           
Title:  “All Men Are Not Created Equal Asian Men in U.S. History”

Thesis: Asian men are considered less masculine in America Society. T.S1: Patriarchal system maintains an unequal relationship between men and women. S1: Asian men as domestic workers and the lost of their power over their wives. S2: Male domination of woman is stronger than male’s domination of man. T.S2: Economic situation is affecting in Asian men’s life. S1: Men have fewer employment options than women. S2: The current growth of female intensive industries in the United States. T.S3: Social and cultural conditions S1:  The women have been found to be more needed  in demand than men in different areas. S2: Female’s life is most successful, attractive and desirable than male’s life.

  

Reading #2

 Author: Maxine Baca Zinn                 

Title : “Chicano Men and Masculinity

     

Thesis: Chicanos reveal a long standing interest in masculinity. T.S1:   Chicanos’ world is law and demands strict obedience, not only from the wife, but from their children as well. S1: His machismo is an expression of power and control over the world. S2: Patriarchal ideology was reflected in Chicano’s family (father “head” of the family or as the “boss”). T.S2: Chicano’s exaggerated male behavior creates an inadequate masculinity identity. S1: He is obsessed with the need to prove his manhood (drinking, fighting, and/or extramarital conquests). S2: Chicano is dominant over his woman and control economic resources. T.S3: The social and cultural conditions affect in Chicanos’ family. S1: Female subordination and male dominance. S2: Male’s participation and freedom in public activities do not have limits.

Similar Aspects

T.S1: Racism’s ideology disappeared of Asian men’ and Chicanos’ manhood.

S1: In both articles, Black man went excluded from participation social and their voice historically was silenced.

S2: Black men also have the need for understanding society conditions.

T.S2: Asian men were excluded from Eurocentric notion of the masculinity, and Chicanos were excluded from the participation in the dominant society’s, political-economic system.

S1: In both articles refer the development of domestic services.

                                 
                                         Word Cited

 Espiritu, Yen Le. “All Men Are Not Created Equal: Asian Men in U.S. History”: Men’s live 5^th ed.ads Michael S Kimmel and Michael Messner. New York: Allyn & Bacan, 2001 33-41. Print

Zinn, Maxine Baca, “Chicano Men and Masculinity”: Men’s live 5^th ed.ads Michael S Kimmel and Michael Messner. New York: Allyn & Bacan, 2001 24-32. Print