In our class we read "Becoming 100% Straight" by Michael Messner. He writes about two sexual stories involving men having feelings for another man. His personal story started with him as a small pre-pubescent basketball player during his freshman year of high school. During that year he became really close to another smaller player. Soon he developed a sort of crush on him but started to be more aggressive to him. The other story involved Tom Waddell, a closeted gay who eventually came out. He sports was his closet. And even though he wanted to dance and do gymnastics, he chose the macho image and played football,gymnastics,and track and field. Both of these males chose the more aggressive route, the more stereotypical route towards sports. This just made me think about how our society views male athletes as tough, and macho and if we see a more feminine male athlete, then he must be homosexual. That isn't true, but why does our society feel this way? What made us think like this?
By Raven
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