For our last in class interview we asked the question, "How can we transform the meaning of masculinity in society so it's no longer associated with violence?" This is a tricky question and what was suggested was possibly giving violence a homosexual connotation. An example given was men who wrestle and how close they are to one another and how it isn't uncommon for one man to have his privates in the face of another's while wrestling. One thing I have learned over the semester is that men are constantly trying to prove their manhood to other men and avoid any misinterpretation of them being homosexual if they are not. So one way we could discourage straight men from physically fighting is by creating the idea that physical fighting is too intimate or too close to be participating in if you aren't gay or female. It's a long shot but a very unique suggestion.
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