Gender as Performance

"Homophobia happened... Showing affection toward another man became a feared label rather than an innocent action."

– Liz Plank, For the Love of Men

"If you want to get men to talk about masculinity, ask them about urinals... Men described a whole host of rules about the process of urinating... Any eye contact was a huge faux pas."

– Liz Plank, For the Love of Men

hypervigilance required to maintain masculine performance.

"Masculinity is much more rigid and requires constant self-regulation... Even if a man squats three hundred pounds, biting into beef jerky with one hand and fighting a hungry bear with the other, his masculinity would still be put into question for ordering a drink that comes in a cosmo