“Girly” sports. Asserting one’s superiority over a female-domain occurs in various female-dominated activities moreover in sporting events, since we have male-controlled society that is treasured above femaleness. This provides men the chance to take possession of establishments that were formerly female-identified. As author Williams (1987, 1995) discovered that men in female-dominated professions were compensated more and endorsed much faster than women in the establishments. Particular men, nevertheless, were allegedly homosexuals when interlopers witnessed their involvement in a female-dominated profession. Due to these insights, men remained to a masculine …show more content…
Comparable to Williams' conclusions, boys that cheer also face allegations of homosexuality due to their contribution in a female-dominated sport. The miniscule number of boys at Isla Vista Elementary …show more content…
However, as a way to verify their level of masculinity, these boys played more into the various elements of cheerleading that involved athleticism. These findings determined that the boy cheerleaders redefined the sport as a way to highlight manliness and steer away from the stigmas and teasing. The strategies being utilized are intended to redesign and preserve masculinity for the boy cheerleaders that exhibit the reputation of maintaining male supremacy over girls and the gay cheerleaders. Although the discussion of machismos is deliberated in male literature (Anderson 1999; Bordo 1993; Connell 1987; Sabo 1995), the cheerleaders' loyalty to male power and male dominance inside cheerleading reinforces the preservation of a masculinity that highlights power, dexterity, aggression and rivalry (Anderson 1999), additionally expressing one’s heterosexuality. The implications of these findings concerning deviations in established gender outlooks are diverse. Notwithstanding the stigma, I had two boys that were willing to join in the sport of cheerleading, but not