I watched a documentary on LOGO called The Butch Factor on logo which purported to examine ideas (and ideals) about masculinity among gay men. What struck me when watching was that the documentary presented a monolithic idea of masculinity, or to speak in the film's terms, butchness. The masculine men played sports, participated in rodeos and were police officers while the less butch (read: feminine) representations were of men who had more artsy professions.
And while I wholeheartedly understand that no media representation can capture and encapsulate the myriad facets of gayness (and gay life), it is nonetheless disheartening to see a piece that theoretically purports to examine (and challenge) ideas about masculinity actually reinforce them in practice.
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