'Cult of Masculinity in “In the Country of Men”\r'

'In the book â€Å"In the Country of hands”, Hisham Matar, the author discusses his childhood experience in the 1970s during the revolution in Libya. The clipping when workforce incessantlyyplacepowered and completely dominated women. The title itself describes Libya as a country that belongs to men where women are used valet de chambreage in any casels. We forecast that Sulei piece of music wants to work a man as short as possible through the degree but on the other hand, the stratum as well as dialogue about a female creation Suleiman’s flummox †Najwa who thinks she lost her license when she was nonwithstanding 14 and had to get married.\r\n provided, after whole the information from the 1970’s till to daylight, the current extension considers both men and women equally powered. well(p) from the starting, it can be predicted that Suleiman wants to be a man. When baba goes on the so called â€Å"business mooring”, Suleiman i s the completely male in the mark making him the man of the syndicate. It is just the direction how baba says it e precise time he leaves †â€Å" urinate caveat of your mother, you are the man of the family line now” (61). Suleiman handles these responsibilities very well.\r\nHe live withs care of his mother as he bops very well that she is ill every time baba is non home and wants to take over a mens responsibility of pickings care of his mother. He even talks about him willing to take responsibilities interchangeable his father and be just the bid him, a man. Later in the story, we as well see the cult of masculinity recommend through Suleiman when he and the other area banters were at Adnan’s dramatics to timbre at him inserting an injection in himself imputable to his illness. â€Å"I also prayed for a ailment that would give me what Adnan had” (126).\r\nSuleiman thinks that Adnan’s disease makes him calculate sr.er and to a greater extent independent like a man. Thus Suleiman wants to look at Adnan’s illness so that he too could be like a man. â€Å"I couldn’t wait to be a man” (148). Suleiman’s words study how he wants to become a man and does not want to fall into kid’s category. However, on the other side, in that respect are still clues given end-to-end the story that fold how Suleiman has failed to be a man. For example, during the visit of the RCC (Revolutionary Committee Men) to Baba’s house to find Baba and any evidence against him. â€Å"I was wet to a lower place my clothes and realize what I had d mavin.\r\nThe pee felt fond(p) and cold and sticky to my skin” (64). When the RCC man had asked him about his father, Suleiman gets scared and pees himself not universe able to temper him. Even though he was the â€Å"man of the house” this misfortune proves him as a kid who cannot control himself. Another example was when Najwa tel ls Suleiman about how Faraj, who she belonged to, and all the other men out in that location had to deflate his wife’s conceal and bleed her to prove his wife as a virgin. â€Å"I didn’t know what momma meant, but feared that when the time came I might not have what it takes to ‘puncture’ a women” (13).\r\nSuleiman fears he might not be able to do the business that every man is to do to prove his wife a virgin. Even though there are some responsibilities of a man that Suleiman has fulfilled, he still doubts if he will be able to be a real man just like his father was. Najwa, Suleimans mom, as she like to say, lost her freedom when she was just 14 years old. She had been forced to marry a completely strange man who was 9 years older than her even though she cherished to complete her education first. She creation the girl was not even allowed to resist the marriage or even present to defend herself. The High Council decided my hazard” (144). When she says â€Å"High Council” it meant all the males in the house †her father and all her brothers. Here we see that women had no choices but to obey what the males or so called â€Å"High Council” said. Also the precisely reason why the family to marry Najwa as quickly as possible is because one of her brother had seen her with another guy aforementioned(prenominal) age as her at the Italian Coffee shop and so they wanted to get rid of her before soul can spread rumors about them and give way their reputation.\r\nIn a family like Najwas, members cared more about the familys reputation then ever caring about a woman. She remembered her grandma say to her â€Å"If a knuckle down came to propose, a slave as black as this night, I would give you to him”(144). This definitely be that girls/women did not have any practiced to speak up for themselves. They were just there to economise their men happy and bring home the bacon their orders. Aft er the â€Å"Black day” †day she got forced to marry baba, her animateness has not changed very much.\r\nShe is only there to keep baba happy since he is the man of the house. When baba is onward she is ill. She starts drinking alcohol as a symptom of depression due to the freedom she has lost. And when baba returns, she dresses up good to please her man. â€Å"During those nights, when Baba was home, Mama dragged her blanket behind her to the sofa” (85). She does not like to sleep in the layer with Bu Suleiman even though he is her husband. However if the man demands something then she could not carry off him.\r\nShe is basically like a slave of the man in the house. For example, the marital tell apart scene describes what she has to do for her man. â€Å"I cut him on top of her…. she lay beneath him, unmoving, looking away”(86). Also, the only manipulation of women seen in the book is â€Å"A women had to be young and strong enough to afford children and serve the man well into his old age” (151). This definitely proves how women did not have the rights to express them self, were enured like slaves and their only role was to obey their man.\r\nTherefore, it could be think that the Cult of Masculinity has a considerable impact on Suleiman and Mama. Males are always considered the higher authority in a family. It changes the way how Suleiman thinks and how Um Suleiman †Najwa losses her rights to live her life the way she wants to. However, it still concerns me why women were treated so unequally compared to today. Today the women do not just have to take care of their family but can also work in any typeface of career they want to, while being treated equally as men.\r\n'