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In particular, gay men reported that masculine ideals restricted the degree to which they could openly communicate and express themselves with one another (15%). For those gay men that are not bothered by this, and live freely as a gay man, other gay men may try to force the ‘ideals of masculinity’ upon them by ridicule or even violence. Yet, other gay men suggested that trying to be masculine may be a futile attempt as simply being gay negates one’s masculinity (10%) and makes achieving “true” masculinity unattainable (13%). However, most of the characteristics that are associated with masculinity and femininity are socially constructed.

The graphic novelist Alison Bechdel, 59, doesn’t refer to herself as butch but understands why others do. You know the secret fantasy, having hot sex with the gym stud, hooking up in the locker room, all that sweaty muscle that’s too hot to handle.The general population seems comfortable with the idea of gay marriage, but it’s still difficult for a gay man to find a partner. Language evolves, “flowing in time and changing constantly as new generations come along and social structures shift,” Bechdel says.

Still, butch legibility remains a paradox: As the most identifiable of lesbians — femmes often “pass” as straight, whether they want to or not — we are nonetheless maligned and erased for our failure of femininity, our refusal to be the right kind of woman.

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Over the last two decades, an expanding body of scholarship has attributed these disparities to anti-LGBTQ stigma. The August 1993 issue of Vanity Fair featured the straight supermodel Cindy Crawford, in a black maillot, straddling and shaving the butch icon K. These real-life examples and the suggestion that masculine ideals significantly affect many gay men may surprise people who are not intimately familiar with the gay community—a community that is often perceived as accepting of individual differences. My personal feeling is that masculinity, like beauty, is in the eye of the beholder; and I refuse to let someone else dictate to me what is and is not masculine. Things began slowly for the group, with members first joining by the tens, and then by the hundreds.For instance, Pleck (1995) proposed that one source of masculine gender role strain is rooted in the perception that one is failing to fulfill some internalized notion of masculinity.