Fag Discourse Research Paper

In the nineteen years I have been on this Earth, I have grown from an infant into what most people would consider an adult. Over the years, multiple different sources have shaped the way I think, act, and which beliefs I hold. My family, teachers, peers, and many more have heavily impacted my current state of self. These social institutions have shaped me through multiple forms of socialization, however I will be specifically focusing on the impact gender socialization and the fag discourse have made in my maturation. Through sociological thinking, I will analyze how gender socialization and the fag discourse have molded me into the person that I am today. Before getting into the nitty gritty details, some explanations are in order. Sociological …show more content…
The fag discourse is another form of gender socialization, in which people would claim certain actions “fag like” and essentially police the same attributes mentioned previously to adhere to society's idea of what a man should be like. This policing is done through calling one another “fag”, a provocative term used to describe someone as homosexual, which in turn isolates and humiliates the person being attacked (Pascoe) Both the fag discourse and gender socialization attempt to make people adhere to common social beliefs of what each gender should be like, perpetuating these social beliefs into future generations and so …show more content…
This statement would usually come after I refused to do something such as not wanting to go to a party, not jumping off a boat, and so on. As mentioned in my previous sociobiography, I have general and social anxiety, so many of the times he said “Don’t be a fag” it was because I felt anxious about doing whatever task it was. At this time I had no idea that was I was experiencing was a mental disorder, nor did my parents, however that didn’t stop me from being uncomfortable after hearing such a statement. Unknowingly, my father was using the fag discourse to socialize me into what he grew up to believe to be a man. This subconscious thought process was likely handed down by his father and is a product of the era he grew up in. By saying “Don’t be a fag” my father was essentially calling me a fag for not doing certain actions, in order to provide “incentive” for me to finish the task he wanted. This not only made be feel bad about myself, but further enhanced my anxiety and made me resent the actions that he wanted me to complete. Again, I do not blame my dad for anything he has said to me, as it is only a result of his past. He was socialized to believe this was the right thing to do, and I cannot be angry because I know how powerful social norms and the socialization of them can be on a person. Calling someone a fag because they do something against their idea of