All monthly programs are held in the parlor of the First United Methodist Church and begin at 7:00 p.m.
Confidential Support group for newcomers meets in the church library at 8:30 p.m.
Tuesday, August 10th at 7pm
“Dude You’re a Fag: Masculinity and Sexuality in Adolescence” by author C.J. Pascoe
If you were disappointed to miss hearing C.J. in February, please come back to continue our excellent discussion about why calling someone a “fag” is so pervasive among teenage boys. CJ Pascoe’s talk is drawn from her book, Dude You’re a Fag: Masculinity and Sexuality in Adolescence, an ethnographic study of teenagers, examining masculinity, its meaning and social behaviors. She will talk about masculinity as it relates to both gender and sexuality.
For boys creating a masculine identity entails continually repudiating the specter of failed masculinity through invoking a “fag discourse.” Additionally, boys enact a “compulsive heterosexuality” to prove to themselves and others that they are not fags. Looking at how homophobic epithets are expressed, Pascoe documents that ”fag” is not necessarily a static identity attached to a particular (homosexual) boy. Rather fag talk and fag imitations serve as a discourse with which boys discipline themselves and each other through joking relationships. The talk will conclude with suggestions for social change and policy reform to combat the homophobia central to adolescent masculinity. This program is open to the public and is free of charge.
Program Schedule
PFLAG Boulder County 2010 Programs and Events
All monthly programs are held in the parlor of the First United Methodist Church and begin at 7:00 p.m.
Confidential Support group for newcomers meets in the church library at 8:30 p.m.
Tuesday, August 10th at 7pm
“Dude You’re a Fag: Masculinity and Sexuality in Adolescence” by author C.J. Pascoe
If you were disappointed to miss hearing C.J. in February, please come back to continue our excellent discussion about why calling someone a “fag” is so pervasive among teenage boys. CJ Pascoe’s talk is drawn from her book, Dude You’re a Fag: Masculinity and Sexuality in Adolescence, an ethnographic study of teenagers, examining masculinity, its meaning and social behaviors. She will talk about masculinity as it relates to both gender and sexuality.
For boys creating a masculine identity entails continually repudiating the specter of failed masculinity through invoking a “fag discourse.” Additionally, boys enact a “compulsive heterosexuality” to prove to themselves and others that they are not fags. Looking at how homophobic epithets are expressed, Pascoe documents that ”fag” is not necessarily a static identity attached to a particular (homosexual) boy. Rather fag talk and fag imitations serve as a discourse with which boys discipline themselves and each other through joking relationships. The talk will conclude with suggestions for social change and policy reform to combat the homophobia central to adolescent masculinity. This program is open to the public and is free of charge.