engaging in a masculine activity such as football” (Lind, 2004.) Conti uses a study by Halberstam from 1998 to explain the different variations of females presenting themselves in gender identities not norm to the public.
These “alternate masculinities range from tomboys to drag kings,” he explains (Lind, 2004.) He uses this explanation to show that assertions of masculinity does not solely belong to men and can be legitimately experienced by all sexes. “This is something even the most liberal individuals hardly understand and fail to recognize, demonstrated by the rejection of women who assumed the gender identity of “butch” by many members of the lesbian feminist movement during the 1970s,” (Halberstam, 1998.)
Although “butch” is a popular term used to describe women “who are more comfortable with masculine gender codes, styles, or identities, than with feminine one” …show more content…
In fact, football helped these females get in touch with their masculine sides and to understand who they really are. Kath and Chris became interested in the game of football while developing their masculine gender identity. Unlike Kath and Chris, half the players interviewed don’t perceive football as a masculine act. The vast majority doesn’t see masculinity as part of their own gender, which Conti uses to connect to her interpretation of Halberstam’s (1998) notion of a masculinity continuum, which showcases categories of queer females and their traditional meanings in relation to masculinity, with “androgyny” on the “not masculine” end, “Female-to-Male” or transgendered on the other, and “butch” in the middle. Besides limiting how a person can define herself, such strictly outlined categories perpetuate the stigmatization of women who
These “alternate masculinities range from tomboys to drag kings,” he explains (Lind, 2004.) He uses this explanation to show that assertions of masculinity does not solely belong to men and can be legitimately experienced by all sexes. “This is something even the most liberal individuals hardly understand and fail to recognize, demonstrated by the rejection of women who assumed the gender identity of “butch” by many members of the lesbian feminist movement during the 1970s,” (Halberstam, 1998.)
Although “butch” is a popular term used to describe women “who are more comfortable with masculine gender codes, styles, or identities, than with feminine one” …show more content…
In fact, football helped these females get in touch with their masculine sides and to understand who they really are. Kath and Chris became interested in the game of football while developing their masculine gender identity. Unlike Kath and Chris, half the players interviewed don’t perceive football as a masculine act. The vast majority doesn’t see masculinity as part of their own gender, which Conti uses to connect to her interpretation of Halberstam’s (1998) notion of a masculinity continuum, which showcases categories of queer females and their traditional meanings in relation to masculinity, with “androgyny” on the “not masculine” end, “Female-to-Male” or transgendered on the other, and “butch” in the middle. Besides limiting how a person can define herself, such strictly outlined categories perpetuate the stigmatization of women who