Single Mothers

A single mother raising a boy to be a man

Almarine Anderson

COM/172

September 24, 2010

Mecca Shabazz

University of Phoenix

Thesis: A single mother raising a young male to be a man

I. Women are not men

A. They are different.

1. Genetically

2. 2 Mentally

3. Emotionally

4. Sociologically

5. Physically

B. Habits of men and women are explained by different roles in the process of evolution.

1. Men have a propensity to retain a sense of direction

2. Women have a better peripheral vision they see things before they happen.

3. Men are superior at solving technical problem while women are better at completing assignments independently.

II. Men and women have different sources of satisfaction

1. Men value having a career and prosperity while woman value family and children.

2. Love and Respect.

3. Women want the big house with the white picket fence having children is fulfilling enough for a woman, men want money and power, being president or vice president of a company is equally fulfilling for a man

B. Boys learn differently than girls.

1. Women tend to teach their sons the way they perceive things to be, which does boys such a disservice.

2. Boys’ brains are wired differently than girls, boys seem to absorb more when they are running around like wild cave men opposed to them understanding us when they are quiet and still, it is possible that the mother can risk alienating them.

3. Women want their sons to process what they are teaching as far as manners, respect, and social behavioral, but they are teaching them the way they see it and how they’ve learned it, and it just does not register with them the same.

III. Women cannot effectively lead by example.

A. Boys and girls generally model their behavior after their parents and those closest to them.

1. A woman cannot role model being a man.

2. 2 There are different societal...