Blog # 5

A) "Men have become tools of their tools", after reading Pollan's statement i dissected it to clearly examine the quote. When Pollan says "men" I interpret as the collective meaning: humanity, because all humans use tools, not necessarily tools for a mechanic or construction worker, etc; tools for women would be makeup to apparently enchance their beauty, another example would be an elementary school student given a abacus to make arithmetic calculations. In the society we live many tools are required. However the statement by Pollan I believe means that men (humanity) has become reliant on their tools, the tool being a innamate object with a particular function needs a human to access that function. A human without the tool would have a difficult time with a certain task. A farmer in the days before the tractor had to rake hay and turn it over on the field till it dryed and then finally would be able to gather it, with the tractor the time it takes to complete this task is minimized and also saves the farmer alot of energy. As man evolves so does society and the creations of man, and this way we become more reliant on the tools we use thus becoming tools of the tool.


B)Men, too, face pressures concerning their diet and body image. What are those issues?
Women more then men seemed to be pressured by diet and body image, or is it just illuminated to the public this way. Men like women care about their body image, its like nature the male wants to impress and attract and female therefore they do not want to be overweight or really skinny scrawny like. Men do not show it as much as women but they do face these issues some men more then others. We are pressured to become muscular not just by women but other males, in a fight the stronger will be the victor. Women are targeted far more by marketing companies of beauty products, weight loss programs and fashion, if we look at commercials we can see that men are targeted aswell with ads like iron gym "get ripped in 30 days". One may not agree that men and women are equally pressured but there definatly are issues that men face with body image, diet, etc.