Masculinity And Homophobia

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Journal 1.2 Masculinity and homophobia connected when you are an adolescent. As stated by C.J. Pascoe, being homophobic creates masculinity. It may be insulting and offensive to some, but the reality is that it’s the real world and it has been happening since we were young. I don’t agree with it, but that connection is there and there is no way to hide around it, and no way to stop it either. In my opinion, agreeing with Pascoe, being homophobic builds masculinity because you are asserting your dominance over the person you called a “faggot”. Also, since masculinity is referred to masculinity, being called a faggot could be represented as telling someone gay. I agree with Jeremy, which is a person who was quoted in this article, “To call

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