Throughout the history of humanity, words such as virile, athletic, aggressive, and brave have been virtually synonymous with masculinity. The alpha male has been the stoic bastion of leadership, strength, and individualism that any boy would one day hope, nay, dream to attain. Even literary genius Camille Paglia once stated, "A woman simply is, but a man must become" (Camille 1). How times have changed. In his work, Jungle Fever, Pete Wells analyzes the King Kong re-makes and satirically relates the evolution of Kong from the original 1933 version as "an untamed alpha male within modern civilization," (Wells 68) to Peter Jackson's recent depiction as so "housebroken that he becomes a knuckle-dragging eunuch" (Wells 69). Unfortunately, the comparison does not end there. Wells masterfully parallels Kong's "maturation" with the contemporary media's depiction of today's man. In the new millennium, T.V. shows and movies alike render males as incompetent bumbling idiots,......

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Title: Masculine Pursuits
Approximate Word Count: 1346
Approximate Pages: 6 (250 words per double-spaced page)

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