Sep 20, 2013 8:00 PM GMT
Here's an article a friend shared with me yesterday that got me to thinking about the nature of privilege in the inter-LGBTQI community.
Especially amongst men who have sex with men, people tend to view more masculine (masc) guys more favorably than those who would socially be considered effeminate. How this plays out in our culture is particularly fascinating, especially when one considers the large incidence of psychological illness and other epidemiological problems in our community.
"If you turn on your Grindr or Scruff or any other hook-up app, you will see your screen littered with torsos within small boxes. I would say that a large percentage of these profiles will state things like, "Masc only," or, "No fems," or, "Be a real man," etc. Others will state, "Masc guy here," or, "Athletic," or, "Real man," blah, blah, blah. You get the picture.
In gay sex masculinity is hot right now, and it has been for a long, long time. And beyond all these declarations of a desired gender performance, you will see another word float around with frequency -- "top" -- as in, "Top here," or, "Bttm looking for top," or, "You be a top," and so on and so on. Top. Top. Top."
What are your thoughts?
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/zach-stafford/top-privilege_b_3916143.html
Especially amongst men who have sex with men, people tend to view more masculine (masc) guys more favorably than those who would socially be considered effeminate. How this plays out in our culture is particularly fascinating, especially when one considers the large incidence of psychological illness and other epidemiological problems in our community.
"If you turn on your Grindr or Scruff or any other hook-up app, you will see your screen littered with torsos within small boxes. I would say that a large percentage of these profiles will state things like, "Masc only," or, "No fems," or, "Be a real man," etc. Others will state, "Masc guy here," or, "Athletic," or, "Real man," blah, blah, blah. You get the picture.
In gay sex masculinity is hot right now, and it has been for a long, long time. And beyond all these declarations of a desired gender performance, you will see another word float around with frequency -- "top" -- as in, "Top here," or, "Bttm looking for top," or, "You be a top," and so on and so on. Top. Top. Top."
What are your thoughts?
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/zach-stafford/top-privilege_b_3916143.html