GWS 200 Lecture Notes - Lecture 17: Hypersexuality, Masculinity, Heterosexuality
4 Apr 2018
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The first part of this reading recites a play done by students in a high school. Two gansters who come and kidnap their girlfriends. In order to win back their girlfriends, the nerds hit the gym until they"re able to lift weights and gain muscle. The gangsters were frightened by the nerds new strength, ran out of their hideout and the girls were back with their boyfriends. Storyline of skit: brent and craig"s quest to confirm their heterosexuality by rescuing their girlfriends (p. 3) The author decided to share this scene to display masculinity. The two nerds- brent and craig are transformed from unmasculine nerds to muscular men. By working out, the boys shed their weak, effeminate, and possibly homosexual identities (p. 3) By ripping off their miniskirts toward the end of the skit, the boys shed the last bits of femininity that they had.
