Page Four tHEMICHIGAN DAILY Sunday, April 11, 1975' P ag e -F o u r_.H. .M'' 'I'A NmmAmL. : r x . w I BOOKS Goldberg tells men to discard outmoded roles THE HAZARDS OF BEING MALE by Herb Goldberg. Nash Publishing, 1976. 200 pps., $8.95. By JACK HIBBARD . j~EN ARE LIKE horses. Dif- ferent horses fulfill different social functions. and roles, and the behavior of male humans appears similar. The show horses are successful, the work horses are blue collar and the remaining few wild horses are free to choose, though theirs is a risky dalliance. Horses are bridled and harnessed, saddled and shod, shown and' shorn. They are expected to perform upon command and to respond to the needs of their owners. Men are similarly constrained- primped and ridden by a social and psychological order. Horses find their role accept- able and even desired. There is usually plenty to eat, a com- fortable stall in a stable and certainly fillies galore. What would seem to go against the human strain is the bit in the mouth. It is extremely difficult to project why so many men are willingly shackled by so many restraints, both social and self- imposed. In The Hazards of Being Male, the life of a man is de- picted as presently out of his control. He is subject to so many strong, countervailing forces that determinism seems to be but a vague notion of 19th century western philosophy. A Y man has not thereal power to set his own course but rather only the illusory power of fitting into a series of compartments. Supposedly, we are to believe that men have fallen into this spaper situation by culturally sinking into a position of self-denial. Goldberg encourages all men to open themselves to close scru- nytime and tiny. However, the frame of; hotography reference is not some pre-de- termined outward set of rules; but rather the man's feelings i about himself and his station in off the word "cheating," which life. he believes carries the same super - negative connotation of IN ORDER to discover "real" devi'l-like behavior. the old stone i Sfeelings, there is apparently s o m e cultural and familial "peeling of crust" to explore the primal man. This may be the greatest fault in Goldberg's male theory, for to strip away these layers of socialization, most men seem to need predis- position. The ability to come to grips with the "new" self may be too frightening. The actual man may shock the manufac- tured being in which he now rests. In examining the manufac- tured creature, The Hazards of Being Male traces the body and the emotions of a "regular guy" through relationships and ritual. Men have been taught how to act just as muc has women have. And it is not from wo- men, necessarily, that they should be liberated but rather from the vestiges of masculinity which no longer make sense in the cobalt train of GOLDBERG RATHER . sees sexual forays in the midst of marriage as revitalizing. He further cites a survey of a respectable suburban district, in which '60 per cent of both men and women desire extra- marital sexual affairs given the appropriate opportunities. Gold- berg may fear for the sex lives of America, as he also notes off-handedly that a man at age 40 spends more time shaving than copulating. He readily as- serts full, free and ecstatic sex without excessive rational links reunites a man with long lost parts. . In dealing with such feelings, Goldberg quickly analyzes de- pendency, passivity, fear, sad- ness, aggression, anger toward women, proximity to men, touching, freedom, femininity and irrational (ambiguous) be- day ~sweeps down the western sky toward my source and washes your skin to bluemilk marble opens your eyes and veins to lapis leisurely brushes the fringe of gold across your brow then lengthens the hem of darkness Men have been taught how to act just as much as women have. And it is not from women, necessarily, that they should be liberated but rather from the vestiges of masculinity which no longer make sense in modern culture. "".{{.: :.;'r: r" ""y "N'} rir":} :t' :i r.;r r }", f i.:{tii'^ rr,}}:! specialists when it's too late. 'UO ESCAPE men must shed "success" and develop heal- thy male alliances that extend past the surface of politics and; sports. In i "afterspect," Goldberg searches for the healthy male' specimen, who must work ex- tremely hard at siphoning theI best of his heritage and elimin- ating all wasteful and destruc-' tive elements. Those of us who were once little boys and in many respects! remain so, are coming to real- ize that there's a new man up ahead. Economics must be de- fined for the new male behavior. And perhaps Goldberg's book will become the bible for this and the age of stones that flowed like the sea that flowed like ink when knives were made of wood and locks of ribbon i sorrow for Goldberg when you and lost in legend then lamps on i had futures. Why not join the DA THE DAILY IS A GREAT PLACE TO ! meet other good people * drink 5c Cokes " learn the operations of a new write stories " see your name in print earn a little money Come on down to 420 Maynard at join the business, news, sports or pt staffs! modern culture. Goldberg's an- alysis proceeds through inward and outward contraints with special emphasis given to bind- ing relationships. Monogamy, for example, is dealt with as a critical problem. In western society, Goldberg argues that boys are encouraged to leap into the role of a "ladies man." Male needs for diversity in later life, consistent with early behavior, are said to be shallow and bad. Cheating leads to guilt, and the book even stretches our imaginations to masses of men living in "quiet desperation." Goldberg's solu- tion is to reclaim the primal pleasures of youth and to cast r' havior. The macho machine i new uieU 01 mndust as the cranks out feelings from train- Feminine Mystique by Betty ing to survival and success (usu- Friedan defined a new course ally in business). The binds arise for women. from loss of identity and pur- pose somewhere between child- , Jack Hibbard is an employe hood and college education. Men at Borders Books. and women are not themselves because of their sense of be- PIPE DREAMS ing caged by smoking, drinking j SYRACUSE,'N.Y. A)-"Pipes coffee, and consuming junk ! are ubiquitiods in the Came- food. The man who confronts roons and the more important himself and others with hones- the man's social status and ex- ty and directness is seen as tensive his wealth, the more tactless, undiplomatic, inappro- elaborate his pipe," according priate and even naive. The ways to the Everson Museum of Art. of the world are fixed and the The Everson, which has an ways of men too often are as intricately carved, heavy bronze inflexible. Man destroys his body Cameroonian pipe in its perma- by not listening to it, preferting nent collection, says the "pipes S -- --range from the modestly carved, - hand-held, wooden object own- ed by the average Cameroonian citizen to the profusely decora- livan Society ted bronze or brass piece -- too iheavy to lift ..." and specs on elemental harmonies are gone we burn away a former life and sleep the remnants of cloaked in green honorable antigone murmurs in my dreams SUNDAY & MONDAY "AlI You Can Eat" PAN -FREED CHICKEN includes unlimited trips to our famous salad bar, choice of potato or vegetable and loaves of hot home baked bread. I , -marnie heyn Marnie Heyn is a former Editorial Director of The Daily. This poem is part of a manuscript entitled hades ladies, for which Ms. Heyn won a Hopwood award last year. UM Gilbert & S proudly presents RxUDDIGORET~ ADULTS CHILDREN. * * * 0 * * $3.44 S 0 $1.95 1 (under 12) APRIL 14-17 MENDELSSOHN THEATRE Former U. S. 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