Practicals – Outlines
Example

From Girls to Bromance: How to Survive the Bros

I. Preface – YouTube as inspiration

A. Bro Rape – fictional story; parody on sexual assaults on men

• “Bros” – characteristics and hobbies

1. pop music – Jack Johnson
2. video games
3. unique dress

B. Thesis: 3 major ideals: misogyny, sports and positive interactions with
other men

II. What is a Bro and Who are the Bromance?

A. A world of men

1. Sports, sex, humor

B. 3 guys: Aidan, David and Andy

1. Aidan →character
2. David→character
3. Andy→character

C. stereotypical view of manliness

III. Part 1 – Sports and Games

A. Bars, football and fantasy football

• Testing knowledge; competition

1. Horrocks (169) – competition
2. Murphy (65) – men and intimacy

B. Videogames

• Sports and gaming systems

1. Each guy has a system

• Egenfeldt-Nielsen (25) – positive social interaction
• Madden 08 – it’s own section

1. Xbox 360 – the focus
2. 21 hours of play during weekend
3. Goals: To win Super Bowl; Build up stadium, ticket prices, etc.

• Played together – subjects discussed = witty banter, women, classes

C. See themselves as stereotypical men (strength, talent, pride)

IV. Part 2 – Bro-sogyny / Anti-feminism
A. Men are dominant gender

• Murphy (100) – men’s agenda is to keep women “in place”

B. The Bros – embrace hegemonic view

• Women are servers to men, home
• Sexual objects

C. Women in their lives

• Few amongst them
• Physical relationships – men stay in charge

D. Narrative – Sunday night conversation

• Dialogue between 3, discussing a girl

E. Sexist Humor

• Constantly kidding about everything

1. Unafraid of responses from people

• Fine (86-7) – the intent behind jokes ; just for fun, so no harm done!

F. Universal female response

• Assume the guys are cool; just playing
• Never date a Bro

V. Part 3 – Dominance and Jocularity: Males in the Bro Culture …

• Maleness = Respect …….

Outline General Strategy

Structuring Your Argument – final suggestions (see Organization Patterns handout)

1. Be consistent throughout entire essay. You want to create and meet expectations in how you order the giving of information

I. Anecdote →how it represents culture→ context / authorities (secondary sources)
II. Anecdote →how it represents culture→ context / authorities (secondary sources)
III. same structure . . .

Or

I. History/secondary sources →claims on culture →specific examples
II. History/secondary sources →claims on culture→specific examples
III. same structure . . .

Or . . . however your order your content from one idea to the next, be consistent.

2. When creating an outline, make sure to plug in which authors you are going to use within the outline where you plan to use them. (Consult the outline here, for an example.)

3. Don’t rely HEAVILY on space fillers, which include but are not limited to: a. extra long quotes (3 or more lines) b. dialogue written as in a play or novel c. extra space between paragraphs (just indent!) c. don’t put personal info as a header on each page. After page 1, only should see page # and essay.