High school is a challenging thing to deal with especially if sexuality and gender identity are in the process. Students who are male or female are exploring in smart and insightful ways. During C.J. Pascoe’s eighteen months of observation in a racially assorted high school, “Dude, You're a Fag” shows new light on masculinity both as a field of meaning, and as a set of social practices. C. J. Pascoe's unusual approach questions masculinity as not only a gender process but also a sexual one. She proves how the word fag becomes a disciplinary tool for regulating heterosexuals and how the word is tied to the gender but as it is to sexuality. Masculinity as a theory, some sociologists and psychologist often viewed the gender differences as vital…show more content… For the non-white students, getting and showing masculinity requires different activities such as caring about clothing and how they dance in front of the other sex. Pascoe showed that, in order to have a difficult time against different types of stereotypes about non-white students and adults as being poor or even ghetto. Nonwhite students paid close attention to clothing, accessories, and cleanliness. Even dancing was also understood to be an important part of achieving black masculinity, as it was related to the hip-hop music culture. The non-white students in Pascoe's research were less likely to engage in fag discourse than the other students. These students often teased one another for being or acting white. If non-white students did use the fag nickname, they were often talking about homosexuals. The black males in Pascoe's study were extremely popular among their peers. Bu they also faced extreme chastisement from school administration. Pascoe suggests this is because of a tendency to assume with non-white students with bad behavior. Black performers and artists were often threatened with removal off the school property by administrators if they danced too provocatively at school get together, while white boys, while dancing in an equally manner were not warned or disciplined for their behaviors. The one study that was in C.J. Pascoe’s case…show more content… Because the boys in drama club were already low in the social ladder of the high school, they seemed to have nothing to gain by accusing one another of being fags. Boys who were very religious were also understood as non-normative also. They withheld from all sexual activity due to their religious beliefs which put them on some parts part of the fag index. However, these groups of boys claimed to masculinity by demonstrating that other boys as immature and vulnerable to their teenage hormones and lusts. Another club or activity that helps these students to stay involved even in their sexuality confusion or knowledge is the gay-straight alliance. The Gay Straight Alliance girls challenged sexism and homophobia. These girls dressed in Goth, alternative, or punk styles and often challenged the sexualized and gendered authority of the school The girls’ basketball team showed their gender in an unclear way and gave off lesbian vibes.. The whole basketball girls often helped and associated in activities and interactions that reproduced sexist and heterosexist norms, causing the groups to clash at
