ABSTRACT

I'm not saying that each of these categories necessarily considers them­ selves to be less. I 'm taking the point of view from the top of the pyramid, right? From that point of view there's an attitude of perfection, and every­ one else is less, or Other. Everyone else is less perfectly gendered. What I'm

thinking is that different kinds of men might as well be tagged as different genders, different ways of expressing oneself within some sort of male range, none of which measures up to the cultural ideal : the perfect gender. Wanting to be considered a "real man" by impossible standards keeps most men in the position of supporting the impossible standards.