Three key points that struck me in “Tough Guise” are: men are putting on a tough charade to survive, men are conditioned to be tough by media and cultural norms, and that violence is the great equalizer for men. We notice that men on the street are tough and project a “don't fool me” aura. But in the comfort of home men are very different. I've personally seen my tough guy do a complete 180 on multiple occasions. On the street he gets into an argument and breaks his hand. Then he rejects the idea of ​​needing medical attention to the point of having to drag him by the ear to the car and have him seen by a doctor. She barely took painkillers and continued to hang out with boys. When my boy got sick with a simple cold he was the biggest baby I had ever seen. He literally complained of stuffy nose, pounding headache and couldn't get out of bed because he thought he was dying of a little 99 degree "fever" and called me to do it all. On the street he was perfectly fine and barely sniffled, but once we were alone he abandoned his tough behavior and wanted me to serve him hand and foot. He was even too "weak" to lift a five-ounce cup of hot tea (which I had to blow first because it was too hot) to his lips and drink it. The other recurring theme in the video was that men are conditioned to be tough. If a man is not considered tough by the world around him he will be ridiculed and will not be respected. Even inside