MASKculinity

In the reading for this week it talked about gay-baiting. gay-baiting is using words such as faggot or calling someone gay. Sociologist have found that gay-baiting is more about boys not feeling like a man. gay-baiting is a way to strip away any feeling that a guy is a man. With day of silence coming up it will be interesting to see how gay-baiting plays out throughout the day. Going to a pretty acceptable school I thought naturally that everyone was ok with homosexuals but that is not the case. My friend who is gay was asked by another classmate if he gets gay slurs during the day directed towards him and he said everyday. That amazed me because he said that people say gay slurs and it make it hard for him and also that its easier to walk away. To me a real man walks away when they are made fun of because what will fighting accomplish....nothing. Men fear being called a sissy or girly becuase since birth they were told to be strong. I see this with my brother having to be manly and be just like the guys in his frat. You open a magaizine or go into a store such as Abercrombie and all you see is these sexed up versions of guys with bulging muscles. The fact is they aren't even real, just like women men too are digitally enhanced to have a better body.