Bros before Hos: Guy Code

Today we see guy code all over the place, we see every day the differences between men and women. In the article “Bros before Hos”: The Guy Code by Micheal Kimmel’s we see the way guy code works and how guys think. In the article Kimmel explains guy code he and how guys think they have to be tough, strong, emotionless. In the article we see that guys feel pathetic or weak or maybe even gay if they don’t hold these characteristics. In “Bros before Hoes” we also hear examples of why guys feel they need to be this way, and what caused them to grow up like this. What caused guys to feel like they need to be the tough ones and they have to hold all emotions inside (Kimmel). This is very commonly seen in the differences between guys and girls hockey.

            So, why is it that guys are allowed to check in hockey but girls are not? Does this seem fair? What is so different between guys and girls that guys have the right to check and have that piece of violence when girls cannot? I think a lot of this is because of the things that were said in Kimmel’s article. It is more socially acceptable for guys to be tougher and to be more violent. It is just known in guy code that guys have to show power to be superior. So checking in men’s hockey is okay because when guys check they are just trying to belittle the other team, and show their team as being the best and being tough. But still why does that mean girls can’t check in hockey?

            Then why are girls not allowed to check in hockey? Because it is believed that many more young girls would be more willing to join the sport of hockey if they are not frightened from the violence or the thought of getting hurt (No Checking). A lady names Lynda Bari said “It's a cleaner game and it's a nicer game. We are women and we don't have to copy the men, we can make our own game” (No Checking). This proves that women do not want to play the game like men do, they are not as willing to be hurt like the men, and just do not have the desire to be violent like men’s hockey players. Checking has been banned from girl’s hockey since 1990 (Total Female Hockey). During those years when women could check in hockey it was believed that it caused more women to play with their heads up and lowered the chance of injury. But today it is believed that more girls would get hurt from checking because they do not know how to protect themselves from body contact (Total Female Hockey). So basically girls just do not have the desire or strength or mind to check like guys do. They do not have the will and the desire. Guys want to show power while girls just want to play the game.

Works Cited

Kimmel, Michael. Bros before Hoes: Guy Code. N.p.: n.p., n.d. Print.

           "No Checking in Women's Hockey." The Wall Street Journal. Dow Jones & Company, n.d. Web. 22 Sept. 2014.

           "Total Female Hockey » Does Body Checking Belong In Women’s Hockey?" Total Female Hockey » Does Body Checking Belong In Women’s Hockey? N.p., n.d. Web. 22 Sept. 2014.