Abstract This article exam body image disturbance among gay men om var soccultural perspectiv. A review of the empiril lerature on body image disturbance dit that gay mal experience greater body dissatisfactn than other groups due to their higher levels of genr nonnformy. The impact of genred power relatns on body image is nsired light of femist, postmornist, queer, and disabily theori of the body. The history of gay bodily bety is also examed, along wh ntemporary criqu of gay body polics. The thor nclus that genr opprsn nstut a distct mo of psychosocial opprsn among gay men that is no ls disablg than heterosexism, and therefore serv greater attentn gay affirmative theory, rearch, and practice.
Contents:
- THE GAY MALE GAZE
- THE MALE GAZE OR MALE GAYS? FROM ROMANCE TO BROMANCE THROUGH PERFORMANC OF GENR AND SEXUALY BY TWO OF LOVE ISLAND’S FAVOURE CHARACTERS
- KEV MAXEN BE FIRST MALE ACH A US MEN’S PROFSNAL SPORTS LEAGUE TO PUBLICLY E OUT AS GAY
- JAGUARS ACH KEV MAXEN RECEIV OVERWHELMG SUPPORT AFTER G OUT AS GAY
- JACKSONVILLE JAGUARS' KEV MAXEN FIRST MALE PRO SPORTS ACH TO E OUT AS GAY
- JAGS' MAXEN IS FIRST MALE AMERIN PRO SPORTS ACH TO E OUT AS GAY
- JAGUARS ASSISTANT KEV MAXEN BE FIRST MALE ACH MAJOR MEN'S PRO SPORTS TO INTIFY AS GAY
THE GAY MALE GAZE
* the gay male gaze *
male gaze, heteronormative narrative techniqu, homosexual normalizatn, film and society, narrative techniqu, homosexual male gaze.
An examatn of the e of Mulvey’s “male gaze” by a homosexual character the 2017 adaptatn of Bety and the Beast. Explor the potential of the e of this heteronormative narrative technique the normalizatn of homosexualy film and society. "Masculy, the Male Spectator and the Homoerotic Gaze.
THE MALE GAZE OR MALE GAYS? FROM ROMANCE TO BROMANCE THROUGH PERFORMANC OF GENR AND SEXUALY BY TWO OF LOVE ISLAND’S FAVOURE CHARACTERS
Kev Maxen has bee the first male ach a US men’s profsnal sports league to e out as gay. * the gay male gaze *
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KEV MAXEN BE FIRST MALE ACH A US MEN’S PROFSNAL SPORTS LEAGUE TO PUBLICLY E OUT AS GAY
Kev Maxen, a ach wh the Jacksonville Jaguars, has bee the first male ach a major US-based profsnal league to e out as gay. | ITV Natnal News * the gay male gaze *
Benson, 2017; Brook, 2015; DeAngelis, 2014; Nettleton, 2015; Raphael & Lam, 2017; Sedgwick, 1985) on homosocial relatnships and male love stori televisn and film. Effemate and gay men are nsired exemplars of subordate masculy (Connell, 1995). In theorizg masculy and the relatnships which mal mata, is important to regnise the historil nttatn of ‘homosocialy’ (male-male relatnships or ‘bromanc’) as performanc of ‘straight’ or ‘homosexual’ behavur (Corw, 2016).
For example, Lipman-Blumen (1976) first explaed homosocialy as the social preference for one’s own sex, as pared to Sedgwick’s (1985) terpretatn which argu homosocialy as bondg between men, which is always predited by a fear, hatred, and ultimate rejectn of homosexualy. This, however, do not preclu homosocial sire spanng the whole spectm of relatnships, om the platonic to the erotic.
JAGUARS ACH KEV MAXEN RECEIV OVERWHELMG SUPPORT AFTER G OUT AS GAY
This nttatn of ‘homosocial’ as anythg other than ‘straight’ male behavur has ntued to the prent day wh scholars divid on the matter (see Clarkson, 2006; Corw, 2016; Kilianski, 2003; Wa & Donis, 2007). The first of the four masculi is: ‘No Sissy Stuff’, suggts a distancg of one’s self om femy, through homophobia, and avoidance of emotns, whilst stigmatizg stereotypil feme characteristics and quali, such as openns and vulnerabily. The male iendships – some of which are portrayed as bromantic relatnships – n be performed wir ntexts such as that of race (Jackson, 2012; Jackson and Wgfield, 2013), but ultimately lead to a stretchg of tradnal mascule expectatns to rporate more homosocial performanc (see Sedgwick, 1985) which are turn more relaxed their expectatns of strivg for, and achievg hegemonic masculy (see also Anrson and McCormack, 2018) we e the Brannon Masculy Sle (Brannon & Juni, 1984; David & Brannon, 1976) this paper we acknowledge that dividuals may not neatly f the mol and that there is some spe for their performanc (Butler, 1988, 1990; Goffman, 1959) to shift or s across the var typ of mascule portrayal.
In terms of this transnal performance of masculy (Butler, 1988, 1990), the termatn of this relatnship shocked many viewers as they took to social media to qutn Alex’s sexualy, wh many paradoxilly labellg him ‘gay’. Here are a few ments ma by the public on a photograph of Alex and Alexandra: “he would rather uple up wh Jack he need [sic] to thk about who he is…”; “I thk is gay… not been homophobic… jt he thk he is tryg to be somethg that he is not… maybe is to one of the guys on the island [sic]!!! Moreover, on a photograph of Alex and Jack embracg bed together ments clu: “for someone that don’t like affectn, you seem to give Jack more than you have to any woman that has give you attentn [sic]… #GayMaybe??
”, and: “I’m 10000% sure he’s gay”.
JACKSONVILLE JAGUARS' KEV MAXEN FIRST MALE PRO SPORTS ACH TO E OUT AS GAY
Here, viewers are ridg Alex for transgrsg tradnal mascule norms and dog so nflatg the bromantic portrayal as acts of homosexualy, further srng the ‘Jalex’ relatnship for not keepg wh the already blurred nf of male-male iendships portrayed on the show. However, om the public’s reactn to Alex amid his termatn of his relatnship wh Alexandra n be seen that any prence of femy, or what some may argue is subordate masculy ak to homosexualy (Connell, 1995), rais a risk for men performg (Butler, 1988, 1990; Goffman, 1959) hegemonic masculy (see also Corw, 2016). Therefore, the absence of a woman ( this se Alexandra), some viewers d Alex as gay.
JAGS' MAXEN IS FIRST MALE AMERIN PRO SPORTS ACH TO E OUT AS GAY
The labellg of Alex as ‘gay’ by viewers is signifint when nsirg that “Gayns… is the reposory of whatever is symbolilly expelled om hegemonic masculy” (Connell 1995:79). Further, we efully bed Mulvey’s (1975) Male Gaze to our theoretilly-rmed approach to textual analysis to enable to expla both the look om the other characters and the look of the cultural adoptn of the bromance term reprents an creased regnn that men are permted to have more diverse and homosocial mascule inti (Robson, Whe, & Anrson, 2017). However, as our analysis has unvered, those homosocial mascule inti e unr threat if women surroundg the bromance are removed om the picture.
specific ntributn is to a small, but growg body of ternatnal scholarship on homosocial relatnships and male love stori televisn and film (e. Usg performativy theori (Butler, 1988;1990; Goffman, 1959) as well as a amework for changg and adaptive masculy (Brannon & Juni, 1984; David & Brannon, 1976), along wh gatherg data g the three lens of Mulvey’s (1975) gaze theory has enabled to challenge the viewg public’s and the fellow characters’ assumptns that the ‘Jalex’ relatnship was of homosexual tentn, but rather a heterosexual bromance. “Everyday Joe” vers “pissy, bchy, queens”: Gay masculy on Journal of Men’s Studi, 14(2), 191–207.
), Readg the bromance: Homosocial relatnships film and televisn (pp. ), Readg the bromance: Homosocial relatnships televisn and film (pp.
JAGUARS ASSISTANT KEV MAXEN BE FIRST MALE ACH MAJOR MEN'S PRO SPORTS TO INTIFY AS GAY
Men, sex, and homosocialy: How bonds between men shape their sexual relatns wh women. Explag heterosexual men’s attus toward women and gay men: The theory of exclively mascule inty. Toward a homosocial theory of sex rol: An explanatn of the sex segregatn of social stutns.