Film Analysis: The Butch Factor

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The movie The Butch Factor shed a different light on gays. Just like the majority of society we affiliate all gay men to embody femininity. Thankfully, The Butch Factor illustrates that gay men are also masculine. The documentary looks at the stereotypes that gay men face day to day. It’s unfair how easy a man, in this aspect, can lose their masculinity because they are not heterosexual. Majority of the men that were interview express their opinions on how judgmental society becomes once they knew they were gay. The football team that some of the men were a part of helps them show uneducated individuals that being gay doesn’t eliminate the fact that they can be as rough as heterosexual men, who also play professional football. In addition,

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