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"Be a man"

Submitted by LizJ on Tue, 11/17/2009 - 2:32pm.

"Grow some balls"

"Grow a pair"

"Don't be such a pussy"

I'm still confused about the definition of masculinity... is it the "homophobia" that Kimmel talks of, is it the loneliness portrayed in Jimmy Corrigan, is it the gender expression of macho, is it the opposite of femeninity, is it all of the above? I'm still stirring it over in my head. What I have gotten out of the discussion of masculinity personally is that it seems to be a performance of what men "ought to be." Then there's the idea of female masculinity and male femeninity, but they don't seem so unreal. I think with Jimmy Corrigan it's not so much about "step up and be a man" but "step up and be a person." Masculinity has been suprisingly more complex than I would have ever imagined.

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