Summary Of Masculinity As Homophobia

The essay “Masculinity as homophobia” by Michael S. Kimmel talks about how masculinity and homophobia go hand in hand with each other. Trying to prove ourselves masculine, makes us change how we really are, showing a different face than what we want to show. Homophobia is the fear of not measuring up as a real man. We are afraid of being humiliated by other men. All this leads to silence, to a silence that shows that we agree with the things that are done to women, to gays and lesbians. And this silence is what keeps this system going on and on indefinite. Growing up we notice that the people that surround us are like a gender-police trying to unmask us as feminine or not manly enough. They tell us what to wear, how to walk, how to talk. By