What jumped at me was when they were saying that gender is a social construct. How the commercials showed how products meant for girls were super pink and for boys, much more violent. It makes me think of how the media could pave a path of how a child may turn out. I ask myself, why is it that we are likely to follow social norms. I think it’s because humans are social creatures and seek to belong with there own. And this surprised me because of the amount of impact we have on the younger generations.

Luis’s story shocked me. I have a little brother who was in a gang. He always does seem to be mad. But I never thought that he would be sad. I’m sure he has pain that nobody would think he has. After learning about suicide rates, I can’t help but feel like I should do something about my little brother’s situation.

Now onto the book and how this documentary helped me understand better what the author tried to tell us. By the end of the book, Gomez states that he hopes that the world would change the way they view the masculine and the feminine. In the documentary, we see that what Mr. Gomez wants is slowly coming to fruition. The documentary was a real eye-opener. We witnessed the pain and agonizing lonelyness many men face and now aware that we should be more attentive to our morals. Otherwise, it would be a domino effect of depressing proportions.

The man who inspires me is my grandfather on my dad’s side. He was a lawyer in the Philippines. He inspires me because me because he acheived something many would wish they could acheive. He finished his schooling and was educated. He was well disciplined and was well respected. I learned in school that people who get an education are people who have the potential to run a country. I saw this as something to strive for, getting an education, I mean. I want to finish school as he did. I want my grandchildren to look up to their grandparents and say “Yeah, my grandparents are awesome!!” or something, right? I hope they carry on the tradition of being somebody who seeks greatness. The possibility was there, I realized.

I think that, to be inspirational, is to make others want to follow their dreams. You would think similarly to the person you admire, knowing that they want nothing but the best for you.

I don’t know much about my grandfather.But what I do know is that, I won’t dissapoint him.

BBQ