Masculinity is Tim "The Tool Man" Taylor

For this blog I decided to talk about something that was discussed in class today, Masculinity in TV. This is something that is seen more often then most people might think. First lets start with the actual definition, masculinity is a set of qualities, characteristics or roles generally considered typical of, or appropriate to, a man. This definition can include a lot of examples seen on TV everyday; one that stood out to me when I first heard about this topic was Tim Alan, who played Tim “The Tool man” Taylor on the TV show Home Improvements. I thought about this TV show because I feel like it best represents the use of masculinity in the show. Some example of this would be when Tim is working on his car in the garage all-day and trying to get his sons to learn the importance of working on your own cars rather than getting someone else to do the maintenance on it. Another example is he stars in his own show that talks all about how to build stuff, along side one of his best friends who is also all about building things. The also put a sterotype of the dumb male, when they added Tim’s best friend in the show because he is show doing some dumb things that gets them both hurt or in danger. In the end, this whole show is a perfect example of the use of masculinity in TV which is what we discussed in class today.