Many individuals in society struggle with self gender confusion, but for many of them the true issue they encounter is the continuous support of gender treachery. Based upon Gender Treachery: Homophobia, Masculinity, and Threatened Identities, Patrick D. Hopkins proves society has grown to a world known for supporting the difference of others by making a mockery of them through name calling (Hopkins, 169). Some men find themselves attacked by their lack of masculinity; meanwhile some women unfeminine ways are discriminated upon daily at school or the workplace (Hopkins,169). From the time of birth as humans, we are placed with certain distinctions, “It’s a boy” or “It’s a girl” categorizes how and what the child is to identify with. Hopkins states, “categories of gender, in …show more content…
Committing “gender treachery occurs as homosexuality, bisexuality, cross-dressing, and feminist activist” (Hopkins,171). In other words, those who does not self identify as heterosexuals or conduct their lives as a straight male or female are traitors to their biological identity. These people that can not be identified as normal are creature they bring fear to many because they harm the ideas of what is considered the norm. What is it about the unfit infringes on societies standard? Homosexuals, bisexuals, cross-dressers, and feminist bring the ideal that society can be infiltrated by their way of thought and behavior. If true, based upon the heterosexual males these creature destroys what it is to be considered a real man; therefore, to avoid their way of being it is best to hate them for not being to masculine or to feminine. To keep out these animals, many hetero-supremacist better known as homophobic fight to keep these unnatural creatures our of our communities, schools, churches (Hopkins,