Protracted Adolescence

Paper Summary:

This paper explores the changing role and the social perception of young males between twenty and thirty years of age by discussing Tony Dokoupil's article "Why I Am Leaving Guyland". The author refers to studies and statistics that show that a new pattern of social and cultural behavior has emerged where the age of which males were in involved in the "guy" culture of male friendship and concomitant testosterone related irresponsibility has been extended. The paper also addresses the sociological aspects to consider in this study.

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Brief summary
Sociological aspects
Social Institution: Marriage and the Family
Sociological terms and their relevance
Social norms
Social Stratification
Socialization.
Social mobility
Anomie
Bibliography

From the Paper:

"The study points out that a new pattern of social and cultural behavior has emerged among this demographic, which is characterized by a shifting of the age at which males begin to integrate maturely into the larger society, get married and have children. While in the past it was usually men in their very early twenties who were in involved in the "guy" culture of male friendship and concomitant testosterone related irresponsibility, the recent social pattern indicates that this period of male" freedom" has extended and that many males in their late twenties and even early thirties are still following the same pattern of behavior."

Sample of Sources Used:

• Dokoupil T. Why I Am Leaving Guyland (Sep 8, 2008) Retrieved October 8, 2008 from http://www.newsweek.com/id/156372
• Durkheim's Anomie. Retrieved October 8, 2008 from http://www.hewett.norfolk.sch.uk/curric/soc/crime/anomie.htm
• SOCIALIZATION. 2005. Retrieved October 8, 2008 from http://student.ccbcmd.edu/~wbarry/socialization.doc
• Social Mobility. Retrieved October 8, 2008 from http://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.com/index.cfm?PgNm=TCE&Params=A1ARTA0007526

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