Dave's Gender Hat

 
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Dave - blue and green cone hat

(Mexican American; junior, business major; age 21)

1. It includes the act of sex and everything surrounding it. Sexuality encompasses everything that goes into how you view your sex life.

2. “Category...hmm...straight male? Is that what you are looking for?”

3. Love/Money - “I am a fairly traditional guy.” He has the Love vs. Money sign because it seems to him that many girls that he meets are more concerned with his earning potential.
Bikini models - “I don’t think I could ever date a girl who wasn’t hot.”
We are the Choices We Make - “I can’t be involved with someone who was too skanky in the past.” He likes to know that he can trust his girlfriends.
Tequilla Bottle - “Well, you know alcohol never hurt anyone, especially when they are trying to get some ass.”
Sports Equipment - “Ummm... yeah, well, I don’t know exactly why they are on there other than I love sports and I want a girlfriend likes sports too.”

My Impressions
He appears to fall very nicely into stereotypes about the middle class American straight boy. He loves alcohol, tits, and ass. Dave appears afraid to step outside the box. He appears to completely internalize his sexuality as a private manner that is only acceptable to discuss in normative terms of the heterosexual male (i.e. his comment on alcohol)

Moreover, Dave seems very uncomfortable in trying to express his sexuality. He lacks any substantial personal details, and relies on very non-emotional descriptions. He displays the “typical” fears straight men have of women - the stereotype of the gold digger and the skank. Dave is clearly expressing his sexuality in a manner typical to the heterosexist culture of American society. Dave feels invisible pressure to prove his masculinity and heterosexuality with the inclusion of sports equipment, although they admittedly have little to no creative purpose. The abundance of large-breasted bikini models also confirms that he defaults to normative ideals of sexuality and lacks unique expression of his gender and sexuality.




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