If a man lacked in these areas, he could face discrimination, oppression, and sometimes violence for not following gender rules recognized by society. Today, men must be more open to homosexuality and be able to cohabit with each other, which was not common in the 1960s, forcing men to be open-minded. Being a man and being open-minded means that men now have to see the world from a much broader perspective to have control over it. Being a man has definitely become more difficult today than in previous generations. “The desire to be alone seems to say that there is something wrong with him” (Theroux 508). And even today, if men desire to be alone, society can easily assume that there is something wrong with them. Men who need to be open-minded have, in a sense, abandoned that macho attitude that was once respected by