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- DISVERG ‘MASC 4 MASC’IT’S NOT JT A SEXUAL PREFERENCE; ’S EXCLNARY AND {FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.25 "GRAVY",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NONE;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#FFFFFF;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}{FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.25 "GRAVY",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NONE;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#FFFFFF;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}LIFEBY JT CLAYNOVEMBER 15, 2016/11:03 {HEIGHT:HER;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;POSN:RELATIVE;-WEBK-FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;-MS-FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;-WEBK-ALIGN-EMS:CENTER;-WEBK-BOX-ALIGN:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-ALIGN:CENTER;ALIGN-EMS:CENTER;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-WEBK-TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;-MS-TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;} IMG{HEIGHT:100%;WIDTH:100%;OBJECT-F:VER;}{HEIGHT:574PX;WIDTH:1020PX;}GETTY IMAGRUNNER LISTENG TO MIC WTERBY JT CLAYNOVEMBER 15, 2016 / 11:03 AM{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"NEWSARTICLE","HEADLE":"DISVERG ‘MASC 4 MASC’","THUMBNAILURL":","DATEPUBLISHED":"2016-11-15T16:03:17.000+0000","DATEMODIFIED":"2016-11-15T16:03:17.000+0000","IMAGE":{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT","URL":","WIDTH":1920,"HEIGHT":1080},"URL":","THOR":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","NAME":"MTV"},"MAENTYOFPAGE":{"@TYPE":"WEBPAGE","@ID":"},"PUBLISHER":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","@ID":","NAME":"MTV","URL":","LOGO":{"@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT","URL":","WIDTH":1280,"HEIGHT":720}},"CREATOR":"JT CLAY","KEYWORDS":"MTV FOUNRS","ARTICLESECTN":"LIFE"}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}IT WAS JT THREE YEARS AGO THAT I WAS A HIGH SCHOOL STUNT READY TO EXPLORE THE REALM OF TER DATG. ONE DAY, I CID TO GET MY PHONE OUT AND DOWNLOAD AN APP; I PREPARED MY THUMBS FOR ALL SORTS OF LEFT- AND RIGHT-SWIPG. BUT MY HIGHLY ROMANTICIZED JOURNEY WH DATG APPS TOOK A NFG TURN WHEN I REPEATEDLY ENUNTERED A PHRASE I SOON REALIZED WAS TREACHERO: “MASC 4 MASC.”{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}“MASC 4 MASC” IS A PHRASE WH WHICH MANY GAY MEN ON DATG APPS ARE FAIAR. MEN OFTEN SCRIBE THEMSELV THIS WAY TO DITE THAT THEY’RE MASCULE-ACTG, AND ARE SEEKG OTHER MASCULE-ACTG DIVIDUALS. THOSE WHO E THE TERM TEND TO BE STRAIGHT-PASSG MEN WHO REFE TO MUNITE WH ANYONE OTHER THAN STRAIGHT-PASSG MEN, AND THEREFORE DISMISS AND/OR GRA FEME OR ANDROGYNO PEOPLE. THEY SOMETIM E THE TERM “NO FEMS” AS {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}SOME TRY TO FEND THE ACTNS AND “PREFERENC” BY SAYG THGS LIKE “EVERYONE HAS A TYPE,” “’S JT A SCRIPTN,” AND “’S NOT WHAT I’M TO.”{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}BUT I CERTALY FD “MASC 4 MASC” PROBLEMATIC. THE PHRASE EXCLUS FEME AND ANDROGYNO QUEER DIVIDUALS — A TYPE OF EXCLN THAT SPEAKS TO A LONG LEGACY OF TERNALIZED HOMOPHOBIA AND MISOGYNY BOTH THE GAY MUNY AS WELL AS BROAR AMERIN SOCIETY. INGRAED HOMOPHOBIA TEACH TO ACCEPT AND NORMALIZE RELATNSHIPS THAT F TO A HETEROSEXIST AMEWORK AND OPPRS QUEERNS, WHILE GRAED MISOGYNY SIMULTANEOLY TEACH TO PRIVILEGE MASCULY OVER FEMY. BEG QUEER THIS TYPE OF SOCIETY ALREADY MARGALIZ GAY MEN, BUT THE WAY WHICH THEY PRENT THEIR GENR AND SEXUALY THEIR OWN MUNY N ULTIMATELY MARGALIZE THEM FURTHER. IN A WORLD THAT EXPECTS MEN TO BE STEREOTYPILLY MASCULE, BEG EFFEMATE LEAV YOU PARTICULARLY {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}HOMOPHOBIA AND MISOGYNY CREATE A LOOMG CLOUD OVER QUEER MEN: MANY ARE WORRIED OF BEG “NOTICEABLY” GAY, OVERLY FLAMBOYANT, OR EVEN SLIGHTLY FEME. WE ARE TGHT TO MONOR OURSELV AND NOT DISPT THE SERENE FAçA OF HETEROSEXUALY. QUEER MEN WHO OBLIGE GET TO TABLISH A FALSE SENSE OF PROTECTN OM “FTG .”{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}I’VE UNFORTUNATELY EXPERIENCED BOTH THE NSEQUENC AND THE REWARDS OF THIS DYNAMIC. DURG MY FIRST YEAR OF LLEGE, I MET ONE OF MY BT IENDS, WHOM I’LL REFER TO AS "ETHAN." ETHAN AND I ARE BOTH GAY, AND WE BOND THROUGH NFIDG ONE ANOTHER ABOUT OUR LIV. I HAD JT RECENTLY E OUT AS GAY AFTER YEARS OF NIAL, SHAMEFUL SECRETS, AND EMOTNAL BREAKDOWNS — NOT TO MENTN NUMERO FAILED ATTEMPTS TO BE STRAIGHT AND OVERLY MASCULE. ETHAN WAS MORE FORTABLE WH HIS SEXUALY AND EXPRSED HIMSELF MORE FEME WAYS. AS WE HAD ONE KIKI AFTER ANOTHER, I FELT CREASGLY FORTABLE WH MY {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}BUT I ALSO LEARNED THAT BEG TE TO YOURSELF N E WH CHALLENG. DURG ONE OF MY SCHOOL BREAKS, I VED ETHAN TO MY HOME AND TRODUCED HIM TO SOMEONE ELSE I KNOW. WE SPENT SOME TIME AT MY HOE UNTIL ETHAN HAD TO LEAVE. AFTER HE LEFT, THIS PERSON AND I STARTED SUALLY TALKG THE KCHEN. AT FIRST, WE JT TALKED ABOUT OUR DAYS AND OUR PLANS FOR THE WEEK. BUT AS THE NVERSATN NTUED, THEIR THOUGHTS ABOUT ETHAN SLOWLY ME {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}“I’M GLAD YOU’RE NOT ONE OF THOSE TYPE OF GAYS,” THIS PERSON {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}I DIDN’T FEEL THAT I HAD ENOUGH KNOWLEDGE ABOUT HOW TO BT RPOND, SO I REMAED SILENT STEAD OF FENDG MY IEND. I UNKNOWGLY REAPED THE BENEFS OF NOT CHALLENGG GENR {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}WHILE I BELIEVE THAT NOTHG IS WRONG WH BEG AND EXPRSG YOURSELF WHATEVER WAY YOU SIRE — WHETHER MASCULE, FEME, OR ANDROGYNO — ’S UNNIABLE THAT MASCULE-ACTG QUEER MEN REAP UNPARALLELED BENEFS OF THE PATRIARCHAL DIVIND, AND RECEIVE UNWARRANTED ADVANTAG FOR BEG MALE AND MASCULE A SOCIETY THAT VALU AND ANTAGONIZ FEMY. THIS LEAV ROOM FOR MISOGYNISTIC GAY MEN TO FLNT THEIR MALE PRIVILEGE WHILE SCREAMG FOR THEIR EXCLNARY GAY {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}IN TERMS OF QUEER, VIRTUAL DATG SPAC, G THE TERM “MASC 4 MASC” TO SCRIBE ONELF, OR BEG ATTRACTED TO MASCULE MEN, ISN’T THE PROBLEM. IT’S THAT, AS A PHENOMENON, THIS PHRASE DON’T JT SYMBOLIZE A DATG PREFERENCE, BUT ALSO THE DOMANT, SEXIST NOTN THAT FEMY IS LS VALUABLE THAN MASCULY, AND RESTAT THE OPPRSIVE STCTUR THAT DIMISH FEME AND QUEER PEOPLE. IT REFERENC AND EVEN BOLSTERS THE NSTANT DISTANCG, OTHERG, AND EXCLN OF A MUNY THAT IS SUPPOSED TO BE FIGHTG FOR {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}WE ARE ALL PRODUCTS OF THE SOCIETI THAT WE LIVE , AND SO ARE OUR WAYS OF THKG — EVEN WHAT WE FD TO BE ATTRACTIVE. WE ARE ALL IMPERFECT THIS WAY. BUT WE MT NSTANTLY QUTN THE SYSTEMS OF POWER OUR LIV. WHY DO WE FD CERTA CHARACTERISTICS TO BE ATTRACTIVE? WHAT IOLOGI ULD HAVE NTRIBUTED TO HOW WE VIEW DIFFERENT THGS?{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}WHILE MISOGYNY AND HOMOPHOBIA ARE TWO SEPARATE (YET OFTEN OVERLAPPG) SPHER OF OPPRSN, THEY ARE ONLY PIEC OF THE STORY WHEN TO GENR, SEXUALY, AND SYSTEMS OF INTY. RACE, SOCENOMIC STAT, ABILY, GLOBAL POSN, AND OTHER SEXUALI AND GENRS ARE ALSO PARTS OF THIS BROAR STORY THAT NEED TO BE TOLD AND LISTENED TO ORR TO ACHIEVE TE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}BACK THEN, I SAW “MASC 4 MASC” AS JT ANOTHER LABEL TO WHICH I DIDN’T F. NOW, I N SEE FOR S EXCLNARY AND OPPRSIVE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}AND TO ALL OF THE “ETHANS” OUT THERE, I’VE GOT YOUR (OUR) BACK {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}WANT TO BE AN MTV FOUNRS NTRIBUTOR? SEND YOUR FULL NAME, AGE, AND PCH TO {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;CLEAR:BOTH;}MTV {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;MARG:0 TO;WIDTH:90%;M-WIDTH:288PX;MAX-WIDTH:1440PX;M-HEIGHT:194PX;}LATT NEWS
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DISVERG ‘MASC 4 MASC’IT’S NOT JT A SEXUAL PREFERENCE; ’S EXCLNARY AND {FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.25 "GRAVY",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NONE;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#FFFFFF;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}{FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.25 "GRAVY",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NONE;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#FFFFFF;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}LIFEBY JT CLAYNOVEMBER 15, 2016/11:03 {HEIGHT:HER;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;POSN:RELATIVE;-WEBK-FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;-MS-FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;-WEBK-ALIGN-EMS:CENTER;-WEBK-BOX-ALIGN:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-ALIGN:CENTER;ALIGN-EMS:CENTER;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-WEBK-TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;-MS-TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;} IMG{HEIGHT:100%;WIDTH:100%;OBJECT-F:VER;}{HEIGHT:574PX;WIDTH:1020PX;}GETTY IMAGRUNNER LISTENG TO MIC WTERBY JT CLAYNOVEMBER 15, 2016 / 11:03 AM{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"NEWSARTICLE","HEADLE":"DISVERG ‘MASC 4 MASC’","THUMBNAILURL":","DATEPUBLISHED":"2016-11-15T16:03:17.000+0000","DATEMODIFIED":"2016-11-15T16:03:17.000+0000","IMAGE":{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT","URL":","WIDTH":1920,"HEIGHT":1080},"URL":","THOR":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","NAME":"MTV"},"MAENTYOFPAGE":{"@TYPE":"WEBPAGE","@ID":"},"PUBLISHER":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","@ID":","NAME":"MTV","URL":","LOGO":{"@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT","URL":","WIDTH":1280,"HEIGHT":720}},"CREATOR":"JT CLAY","KEYWORDS":"MTV FOUNRS","ARTICLESECTN":"LIFE"}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}IT WAS JT THREE YEARS AGO THAT I WAS A HIGH SCHOOL STUNT READY TO EXPLORE THE REALM OF TER DATG. ONE DAY, I CID TO GET MY PHONE OUT AND DOWNLOAD AN APP; I PREPARED MY THUMBS FOR ALL SORTS OF LEFT- AND RIGHT-SWIPG. BUT MY HIGHLY ROMANTICIZED JOURNEY WH DATG APPS TOOK A NFG TURN WHEN I REPEATEDLY ENUNTERED A PHRASE I SOON REALIZED WAS TREACHERO: “MASC 4 MASC.”{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}“MASC 4 MASC” IS A PHRASE WH WHICH MANY GAY MEN ON DATG APPS ARE FAIAR. MEN OFTEN SCRIBE THEMSELV THIS WAY TO DITE THAT THEY’RE MASCULE-ACTG, AND ARE SEEKG OTHER MASCULE-ACTG DIVIDUALS. THOSE WHO E THE TERM TEND TO BE STRAIGHT-PASSG MEN WHO REFE TO MUNITE WH ANYONE OTHER THAN STRAIGHT-PASSG MEN, AND THEREFORE DISMISS AND/OR GRA FEME OR ANDROGYNO PEOPLE. THEY SOMETIM E THE TERM “NO FEMS” AS {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}SOME TRY TO FEND THE ACTNS AND “PREFERENC” BY SAYG THGS LIKE “EVERYONE HAS A TYPE,” “’S JT A SCRIPTN,” AND “’S NOT WHAT I’M TO.”{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}BUT I CERTALY FD “MASC 4 MASC” PROBLEMATIC. THE PHRASE EXCLUS FEME AND ANDROGYNO QUEER DIVIDUALS — A TYPE OF EXCLN THAT SPEAKS TO A LONG LEGACY OF TERNALIZED HOMOPHOBIA AND MISOGYNY BOTH THE GAY MUNY AS WELL AS BROAR AMERIN SOCIETY. INGRAED HOMOPHOBIA TEACH TO ACCEPT AND NORMALIZE RELATNSHIPS THAT F TO A HETEROSEXIST AMEWORK AND OPPRS QUEERNS, WHILE GRAED MISOGYNY SIMULTANEOLY TEACH TO PRIVILEGE MASCULY OVER FEMY. BEG QUEER THIS TYPE OF SOCIETY ALREADY MARGALIZ GAY MEN, BUT THE WAY WHICH THEY PRENT THEIR GENR AND SEXUALY THEIR OWN MUNY N ULTIMATELY MARGALIZE THEM FURTHER. IN A WORLD THAT EXPECTS MEN TO BE STEREOTYPILLY MASCULE, BEG EFFEMATE LEAV YOU PARTICULARLY {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}HOMOPHOBIA AND MISOGYNY CREATE A LOOMG CLOUD OVER QUEER MEN: MANY ARE WORRIED OF BEG “NOTICEABLY” GAY, OVERLY FLAMBOYANT, OR EVEN SLIGHTLY FEME. WE ARE TGHT TO MONOR OURSELV AND NOT DISPT THE SERENE FAçA OF HETEROSEXUALY. QUEER MEN WHO OBLIGE GET TO TABLISH A FALSE SENSE OF PROTECTN OM “FTG .”{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}I’VE UNFORTUNATELY EXPERIENCED BOTH THE NSEQUENC AND THE REWARDS OF THIS DYNAMIC. DURG MY FIRST YEAR OF LLEGE, I MET ONE OF MY BT IENDS, WHOM I’LL REFER TO AS "ETHAN." ETHAN AND I ARE BOTH GAY, AND WE BOND THROUGH NFIDG ONE ANOTHER ABOUT OUR LIV. I HAD JT RECENTLY E OUT AS GAY AFTER YEARS OF NIAL, SHAMEFUL SECRETS, AND EMOTNAL BREAKDOWNS — NOT TO MENTN NUMERO FAILED ATTEMPTS TO BE STRAIGHT AND OVERLY MASCULE. ETHAN WAS MORE FORTABLE WH HIS SEXUALY AND EXPRSED HIMSELF MORE FEME WAYS. AS WE HAD ONE KIKI AFTER ANOTHER, I FELT CREASGLY FORTABLE WH MY {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}BUT I ALSO LEARNED THAT BEG TE TO YOURSELF N E WH CHALLENG. DURG ONE OF MY SCHOOL BREAKS, I VED ETHAN TO MY HOME AND TRODUCED HIM TO SOMEONE ELSE I KNOW. WE SPENT SOME TIME AT MY HOE UNTIL ETHAN HAD TO LEAVE. AFTER HE LEFT, THIS PERSON AND I STARTED SUALLY TALKG THE KCHEN. AT FIRST, WE JT TALKED ABOUT OUR DAYS AND OUR PLANS FOR THE WEEK. BUT AS THE NVERSATN NTUED, THEIR THOUGHTS ABOUT ETHAN SLOWLY ME {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}“I’M GLAD YOU’RE NOT ONE OF THOSE TYPE OF GAYS,” THIS PERSON {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}I DIDN’T FEEL THAT I HAD ENOUGH KNOWLEDGE ABOUT HOW TO BT RPOND, SO I REMAED SILENT STEAD OF FENDG MY IEND. I UNKNOWGLY REAPED THE BENEFS OF NOT CHALLENGG GENR {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}WHILE I BELIEVE THAT NOTHG IS WRONG WH BEG AND EXPRSG YOURSELF WHATEVER WAY YOU SIRE — WHETHER MASCULE, FEME, OR ANDROGYNO — ’S UNNIABLE THAT MASCULE-ACTG QUEER MEN REAP UNPARALLELED BENEFS OF THE PATRIARCHAL DIVIND, AND RECEIVE UNWARRANTED ADVANTAG FOR BEG MALE AND MASCULE A SOCIETY THAT VALU AND ANTAGONIZ FEMY. THIS LEAV ROOM FOR MISOGYNISTIC GAY MEN TO FLNT THEIR MALE PRIVILEGE WHILE SCREAMG FOR THEIR EXCLNARY GAY {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}IN TERMS OF QUEER, VIRTUAL DATG SPAC, G THE TERM “MASC 4 MASC” TO SCRIBE ONELF, OR BEG ATTRACTED TO MASCULE MEN, ISN’T THE PROBLEM. 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This leav room for misogynistic gay men to flnt their male privilege while screamg for their exclnary gay terms of queer, virtual datg spac, g the term “Masc 4 Masc” to scribe onelf, or beg attracted to mascule men, isn’t the problem. Bisexual men are perceived to sound more mascule than men who are straight, acrdg to a study of Atralian subjects.Amics at the Universy of Sydney pared the voic of gay, straight and bisexual men a study volvg 160 people.In the rearch led by clil psychologist Jam Morandi, people were reced to analyse the voic of 60 men, 20 of whom were gay, 20 straight and 20 bisexual. They were then asked to rate the men on their sexual orientatn g a sle om zero (exclively heterosexual) to 10 (exclively homosexual).Listeners were also asked to rate each man’s perceived level of femy or masculy the voic on a siar sle.The men volved the study were asked to rerd themselv on a smartphone recg the first two l of the Atralian natnal anthem.Voice sampl were then modified to remove any background noise while volume levels were ma the same to ensure nsistency.Rults om the study showed listeners uld distguish between gay and straight men’s voic wh an accuracy of 62 per cent, apparently nsistent wh prev rearch.However, the study participants uld not terme any differenc between bisexual and straight men’s voic wh any gree of accuracy.
The thors said their rearch showed bisexual men’s voic were perceived as beg more exclively attracted to women pared wh both gay and straight men’s voic.Bisexual men’s voic were rated as more mascule than both gay and straight men’s voic.Rearchers claimed the abily to intify a man’s bisexual inty om his voice alone uld have cril social implitns such as helpg to rce feelgs of alienatn.‘Voice may unter visibily many bisexuals feel’An abstract of the study, tled Can listeners tect if a man is bisexual om his voice alone, reads: “The prent study examed whether bisexual men n be intified om their voic ak to how gay men n be intified on their voice alone.“If this is the se, voice may be an important target of discrimatn on the one hand but may also unter the visibily many bisexuals feel (if their bisexual inti n be apprehend by their voice alone, whout explic disclosure required).“The fdgs may also she light on whether bisexual male voic, like gay male voic, differ om straight voic terms of their genr non-nformy – a qutn that to date has not been examed.”But amics noted the rearch was limed on the grounds all men who participated the study are Atralian, which may not be reflected among wir cultur.And the thors nced the study did not ntrol for the rerdg environment or microphone-to-mouth distance, which uld have affected the qualy of the voice sampl.The thors said the fdgs suggted that while the voic of bisexual men the sample were perceived as more mascule and attracted to femal, listeners did not associate this imprsn wh bisexualy.As a rult, while bisexual men may appear to be at lower risk of facg voice-based intifitn and discrimatn than gay men, they may often be mistaken as beg straight.The study was published the Journal of Sex Rearch. Whereas most studi on perceptns of feme-prentg gay men have manipulated genr nonnformy via wrten scriptns, rearch suggts that behavural cu such as voice and body-language n migate or exacerbate prejudice toward a stereotyped dividual. This associatn between masculy and stat endowment has plex implitns for gay men, given the prevailg stereotype that they are more feme pared to heterosexual men (Ke & Dx, 1987; Lippa, 2000; Mchell & Ellis, 2011; Sanchez et al., 2009) Men and the Feme StereotypeSuch a stereotype reflects, to some extent, average differenc genr-typily between gay and heterosexual men.
Policg of masculy among gay men is not only self-directed; there is also evince of prejudice toward more feme gay men om wh the gay muny (Bailey et al., 1997; Hunt et al., 2016) Penalti for Feme Gay MenContemporary theori of effective learship have challenged the perceived virtu of masculy. Theoretil explanatns for the fdgs nsistently foc on the possibily that gay men elic such discrimatn bee of the stereotype that they are feme and are therefore perceived as ls equipped to occupy higher-stat posns social hierarchi, such as the workplace (Ke & Dx, 1987; Lord et al., 1984). Th, the rearch appears to suggt that feme gay men are at particular risk of stat penalti, pecially om dividuals who posss anti-gay Sentiment Amongst Gay MenA further qutn regardg potential stat penalti for feme vers more mascule-prentg gay men is how plic gay men themselv may be perpetuatg such prejudice.
GAY AND STRAIGHT MEN PREFER MASCULE-PRENTG GAY MEN FOR A HIGH-STAT ROLE: EVINCE FROM AN ELOGILLY VALID EXPERIMENT
“Masc 4 Masc” is a phrase wh which many gay men on datg apps are faiar. Men often scribe themselv this way to dite that they’re mascule-actg, and are seekg other mascule-actg dividuals. Those who e the term tend to be straight-passg men who refe to munite wh anyone other than straight-passg men, and therefore dismiss and/or gra feme or androgyno people. They sometim e the term “no fems” as well." name="Dcriptn" property="og:scriptn * masc gay *
Whereas most relevant rearch has ed heterosexual sampl, both lab and field studi on romantic partner preferenc amongst gay men highlight a monplace sire for mascule over feme tras potential partners (Bailey et al., 1997; Clarkson, 2006; Laner & Kamel, 1977; Sanchez & Vila, 2012; Tayawadep, 2002).
Such a nnectn suggts that the extent to which gay men ternalise societal stigma about beg gay may fluence their treatment of dividuals who posss stigmatised is a nsirable lerature monstratg that gay men discrimate agast more feme gay mal beyond the romantic ntext (Brooks et al., 2017; Ravenhill & Visser, 2019; Sánchez & Vila, 2012; Taywadep, 2002). This effect among gay men mirrors siar fdgs observed among heterosexual participants (Aksoy et al., 2019; Frank, 2006; Pellegri et al., 2020) that also ed analogue tasks, which masculy/femy of gay male targets were manipulated via wrten scriptns. Provid important advanc offerg elogilly valid monstratns of the rctn stat btowed upon feme men by heterosexual dividuals, important unaddrsed qutns rema about whether gay dividuals also show such a bias, g d-visual stimuli, and what psychologil mechanisms might expla such bias.
REALISTILLY, HOW MANY MASC GAY MEN ARE THERE?
Are you Masc 4 Masc? Then we have a problem. Masc 4 Masc is a term often ed by gay men on datg apps to announce that a “straight-passg” male is also lookg for another “straight-passg” male. Chanc are that if you’ve enuntered this, you’ve also likely seen “No fems” or “Discreet lookg for same” (Discreet * masc gay *
Demonstratg that gay men are as likely to discrimate agast feme gay men as heterosexuals would ntribute to the emergg awarens of tramory prejudice as an area of ncern for the gay Current StudyThe aim of this study is to explore whether a relatively feme-prentatn negatively impacts stat attament for gay men g a more elogilly valid methodology that allows meangful parisons of the reactns of gay and heterosexual men. Moreover, the study aims to tt psychologil mechanisms that may unrly the hypothised reluctance to endow stat to feme-prentg gay relevant lab studi to date have measured stat attament g direct measur, such as subjective ratgs of learship effectivens or behavural tentns.
Though not rmg primary hypoth, we also examed whether sexism may mediate preference for more mascule gay ndidat, given that Sanchez and Vila (2012) found that antifeme attus predicted a preference for mascule-prentg romantic partners. Six cis-male, Whe-Atralian profsnal actors, 25 to 35 years old (who all intify as gay real life) were filmed performg an intil vox pop script two ways; 1) once where they were directed to manipulate their voice and body language (VBL) to be more feme, and 2) once where their VBL was to be more mascule. ” (Actor lghs)The script ma no reference to the ndidate’s qualifitns, occupatn, skills, tn, or hobbi (that is, rmatn that may be nsted as genred by participants; Lippa, 2000), while makg the ndidate’s homosexualy explic (by mentng a same-sex partner).
3Frequency of Vot for Each Actor by Heterosexual and Gay Participants (N = 256)Full size imageMeasurStat EndowmentA sgle forced-choice em askg participants to select their preferred ndidate read as follows:“Please now vote for the actor you thk should be st the Ad Campaign promotg tourism to Sydney. Usg 5-pot Likert sle where a sre of “0” dited “Totally agree” and a sre of “5” dited “Totally disagree”, gay participants were asked to rate how much they endorsed the ems, “I wish I were heterosexual”; “If were possible I’d choose to be straight”; and “I believe is unfair that I am attracted to people of the same sex”. The average of each participant’s three rpons were lculated to create their Internalised Homonegativy Attus (Heterosexual Participants Only)To measure anti-gay attus we ployed an adapted 6-em versn of the Morn Homonegativy Sle (MHS; Morrison & Morrison, 2002), as ed by Morton (2017), to exclively asss ntemporary negative attus toward gay men.
TAKG OFF THE ‘MASC’: HOW GAY-INTIFYG MEN PERCEIVE AND NAVIGATE HYPER-MASCULY AND “MASCG” CULTURE ONLE
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Usg 5-pot Likert sle, where a sre of “0” dited “Totally agree” and a sre of “5” dited “Totally disagree”, heterosexual participants were asked to rate statements such as, “Gay men have all the rights they need”; and “Gay men seem to foc on the ways which they differ om heterosexuals, and ignore the ways which they are siar”.
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The average of each participant’s six rpons were lculated to create their Homonegativy Sexism (All Participants)A 5-em subsle om the Morn Sexism Sle (Swim et al., 1995), asssg ntemporary negative attus toward women was ed.
Fally, logistic regrsns examed whether a preference for mascule vios was predicted by pre-existg levels of ternalised homonegativy (for gay participants) and homonegativy (for heterosexual participants), followed by exploratory analys also g logistic regrsns. 195], that we predicted higher ternalised homonegativy levels would be associated wh a lower likelihood of votg for a feme gay exploratory logistic regrsn analysis was unrtaken to exame if morn sexism predicted ls likelihood of choosg a feme gay male (over a mascule gay male) actor, and if this effect was morated by each participant’s sexual orientatn. The fdg that stronger anti-gay negativy predicted preference for the mascule-prentg actor amongst heterosexual men also replit prev studi (Morton, 2017; Pellegri et al., 2020), offerg further evince for the nnectn between feme-prentatn among gay men and the creased risk of stat-penalti om dividuals who harbour anti-gay attus, even unr circumstanc of affirmative actn (i.
(2021a) found that stronger ternalised anti-gay sentiment predicted masculy-bias – le wh the proposn that the more shame one feels about their sexualy, the ls likely they will want to be reprented by a fellow group-member who perpetuat negative the current study, however, a preference for mascule-prentg actors amongst gay participants was not signifintly predicted by levels of ternalised anti-gay sentiment. The three-em ternalised homonegativy subsle (Mohr & Kendra, 2011) clud ems, such as “I wish I was heterosexual, ” that may have suffered om a floor-effect, whereby the ems were too extreme to be endorsed by a ntemporary sample of gay men (particularly if such gay men were motivated to nceal obv -group prejudice). Other recent studi (see Hunt et al., 2020; Salvati et al., 2021a, b; Sanchez & Vila, 2012) have ed more prehensive measur to operatnalise ternalised anti-gay prejudice, such as the 7-em Reactn to Homosexualy Sle (RHS: Smolenski et al., 2010).
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Given the robt theoretil ratnale for ternalised anti-gay sentiment as a mechanism unrlyg masculy-bias amongst gay men, future studi should ntue to vtigate s role stat-penalti agast feme gay men (g prehensive measur).