As I read, “The Macho Paradox: Why Some Men Hurt Women And How All Men Can Help” how violence is a men’s issue. My thoughts about the reading were that even in today’s society, domestic abuse is considered to be a one-sided problem only involving females. How the mass media has a huge impact on abuse. How alpha male culture influences male motive to abuse their partner. Now with the media, it’s portraying women as being sex toys and objects to men.  Within the alpha male culture, media portrays men as being “non-feminine”, Rap videos, and hip-hop influences, and showing how men have power. As even today a female is being abused by their partner and doesn’t know what to do and ends up getting killed by their partner is something that in today’s society we have to help those females who are being domestically abused by their partner. As well this is a gender issue in today’s world.