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Contents:
- TAKG OFF THE ‘MASC’: HOW GAY-INTIFYG MEN PERCEIVE AND NAVIGATE HYPER-MASCULY AND “MASCG” CULTURE ONLE
- IN CHANGG AMERI, GAY MASCULY HAS 'MANY DIFFERENT SHAS'
- WHAT DO IT MEAN TO BE A GAY MAN?
TAKG OFF THE ‘MASC’: HOW GAY-INTIFYG MEN PERCEIVE AND NAVIGATE HYPER-MASCULY AND “MASCG” CULTURE ONLE
* gay men masculinity *
The proliferatn of gay onle spac and the opportuny they prent to experiment and explore one’s own sexual inty have ma onle platforms creasgly signifint the social, romantic, and emotnal liv of gay men.
[1] For many gay men, onle spac serve as sanctuari to meet other gay men, experiment wh their personal inty nstctn, and cultivate gay muni. [3], [4] Onle platforms that provi social workg opportuni for gay men have transformed om simple foms and webs to sophistited and highly popular apps like Grdr, Scff, and Jack’d. [5] The morn apps have been lled “hybrid media” bee they blend the offle and onle experience of ers and plite the distctn between the offle and the onle self; they provi gay men wh the possibily of turng digal sexual exploratn to physil sexual enunters.
IN CHANGG AMERI, GAY MASCULY HAS 'MANY DIFFERENT SHAS'
Applitns that provi men opportuni to foster relatnships that extend to the offle world have explod populary wh recent studi showg that over 75 percent of MSM (men seekg sex wh men) reported some or equent e wh datg apps and that gay men e the apps more equently than their heterosexual unterparts. Much of the homophobia, racism, and classism that affects gay men the physil world is crystallized and exaggerated onle. The gay men help nstct a genred hierarchy that privileg hypermascule, “straight-actg, ” young, and whe men.
WHAT DO IT MEAN TO BE A GAY MAN?
[14], [15] This culture of mascg margaliz many gay men and creat exclive and discrimatory spac onle.