If Nothing Else, Accept The Facts!

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             The pressure to be a masculine man starts at a very young age and they are very severe. .
             "The present research has implications for gender and sexuality theory. Homophobia appears to be a consequence of gender (the antithesis of orthodox masculinity) yet, findings from this study confirm that being unmasculine is not the same as being feminine. Homophobia circumscribes males who are immature, loners, and academic as well as males who exhibit stereotyped effeminate (as distinct from feminine) characteristics" (One of the Boys, 292). .
             This is why there is such a thin line in today's gender roles. Homosexuals are not always feminine rather unmasculine. The problem with defining homosexual gender roles or just gender roles at large is that there is a varying degree in human beings. That is, not one person is the same and most humans strive to be their own individual rather than a group. Although some homosexuals could be considered feminine others can be described as more masculine than a heterosexual male. .
             when you see a group of men standing in front of a shop window you know very .
             well what they are watching: boxing on video. Hear they can't, so you"d think .
             what they"re watching must be fascinating enough to hold them captive: two .
             men jumping around in shorts, slugging each other, preferably to a pulp. .
             evidently, there must be some kind of pleasure derive from watching (Bech, 45).
             In this example everyone involved is male. Although controversial, in this writing it is said that this example is similar to that of a bathhouse because it is a territory solely for males to meet and share common interests. The movement taking place and keeping the attention of the men is "frontally" and there is contact between the two men (Bech, 45). It is said that all human beings have the capacity to be homosexual. ""By studying sexual excitations other than those that are manifestly displayed, [psychoanalysis] has found that all human beings are capable of making a homosexual object choice and have in fact made on in their unconscious", writes Freud" (Bech, 25).