Stereotypes Of Masculinity

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In the beginning of Victorious Brandon Urie is displaying stereotypes of masculinity. He is strong, aggressive, violent when he starts fighting his opponent, and confrontational when he stares directly into the camera at 0:14. When Urie wins his match he is rewarded with alcohol and women dressed in bikinis insinuating that women are attracted to him because of his prowess and high social status in the boxing ring. However after thirty seconds in we see Urie displaying characteristics associated with femininity. Emotional because his girlfriend has broken up with him, he is caressing a photo of them at 0:32, starts crying and is portrayed as being in a very vulnerable position, he is in his underwear exposed. This goes against the usual gender

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