Masculinity as Homophobia,

In this article appears the idea of mens socializing. This process of socializing
creates a representation, a very rigid and limiting definition of masculinity
(Michael Kimmel, 1994, p.149).
An example of homophobia is the fear that men are ridiculed as too feminine by
other men and this can perpetuate exclusionary masculinity (Michael Kimmel,
1994, p.149).
The author highlight a possibility to broadening the definition of manhood, or to
find a politics of inclusion to end gender struggle (Michael Kimmel, 1994, p.149).
We are afraid with other men.-This is the secret of American manhood.
Homophobia is a central organizing principle of our culture definition of
manhood.
Hamaphabia is the fear that ather men will unmask us, emasculate us, reveal to. us
and the warld that we do. nat measure up, that we are nat real men. We are afraid
to. let ather men see that fear. Fear makes us ashamed, because the recagnitian af
fear in aurselves is praaf to. aurselves that we are nat as manly as we pretend, that
we are, like the yaung man in a paem by Yeats, "ane that ruffles in a manly pase
far all his timid heart." Our fear is the fear af humiliatian. We are ashamed to. Be
afraid.
Sissy- person regarded as effeminate or cowardly.
Boys among boys are ashamed to be unmanly.
To demonstrate that he is not cowardly through fight.
The fight is another way that boys can demonstrate their masculinity (manhood)
(Michael Kimmel, 1994, p.150).
And now appears the idea of the others: As adolescents, we learn that our peers
are a kind of gender police, constantly threatening to unmask us as feminine, as
sissies.
The others represent our characteristics for manhood. They label us.
Felul in care s a uitat la unghii adolescentul/ cum s ar fi uitat.
This article presents that young men are constantly riding those gender
boundaries, checking the fences we have constructed on the perimeter, making sure
that nothing even remotely feminine might show through.
Masculinity as Homophobia,

Our efforts to maintain a manly front cover everything we do. What we wear.
How we talk. How we walk. What we eat. Every mannerism, every movement
contains a coded gender language.
Responses typically
refer to the original stereotypes, this time as a set of negative rules about
behavior. Never dress that way. Never talk or walk that way. Never show your
feelings or get emotional. Always be prepared to demonstrate sexual interest in
women that you meet, so it is impossible for any woman to get the wrong idea
about you. In this sense, homophobia, the fea~ of being perceived as gay, as not
a real man, keeps men exaggerating all the traditional rules of masculinity,
including
sexual predation with women.

Poate rezulta ca homophobia and sexism go hand in hand.

Another idea is how women experience masculinity. (149)