Comment from Sibbie

First time writing to a blog, and I'm helpless. So, I've signed in as anonymous, but this is Sibbie. I've enjoyed all these comments, so keep they coming. Here's two definitions that might further the discussion, as you'll recall I made mention of both the myth of masculinity and the American West. Myth is closely allied with ideology. Myth: an uncontested and generally unconscious assumption that is so widely shared within a culture that it is considered natural instead of recognized as a product of unique historical circumstances. Ideology: those unspoken collective understandings, conventions, stories, and cultural practices that uphold systems of social power.