post #3 "the male myth"

 Paul Theroux talks in "The male myth", about what most people think about a male writer. On his reading he included the opinion that "one cannot be a male writer without first proving that one is a man".(103).This opinion that writing is not manly enough for a man is based in the fact that writing is more feminine than masculine, for example;writing includes having imagination,feelings,emotions,being creative and having a poor salary,compare to the salary a man should have to support the family etc.A male writer must be a "journalist" in order to practice this profession.This ideas mentioned, linked to the one that all men must play sports are to the "disliked" of Theroux and contribute for him hating the fact of being a man due to the part were he is being obligate to prove it.Theroux talks about his experience with the sports,he explain why he doesn't like sports.He explains it saying that  sports are "wasteful and humiliating" ; if we think about it when he says that is because he like writing instead of playing any sports,thus,  since it was disapproved for men he "disliked" it so much.