Honor

I am sure everyone else noticed but the word honor is used an awful lot in this book. On page 21, it is used in militant standards while on the page before that it is used twice on the same sentence. When reading this book I kept thinking back to page 24 where a full page is dedicated to describing the rise and fall of the honor of men. On page 39, Hoganson writes that American men feared being "perceived as unmanly". Is this the same as having no honor?
I felt that honor was something that needed to be seen or read between the lines. Honor was making sure that the women did not interfere with the Cuban debate for example. At this point in the book, perhaps honor came head to head with doing the wrong thing. (By the wrong thing I am referring to not allowing women to help besides "plead on behalf of their Cuban sisters" 61.)
One final point on where I felt that honor once again played an interesting role. When President McKinley claimed that he had "demonstrated his manhood in war" 99, he was referring to his honor, however he had major problems keeping his "manly" image.
The definition of honor changed a bit throughout the book as the definition of manliness changed. It was something people were striving for but could not seem to hold onto.