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To: jpmac who wrote (10179)	4/23/1998 2:10:00 PM
From: BlueCrab	Respond to of 71178

jp -- <<What I was trying to get at is the why.>> Simple immaturity, both individual and cultural, mixed with not a little fear of the opposite sex. <<I don't understand why to reinforce and encouraging desirable qualities of manhood that the female is used as negative>> Tribalism. We were a "tribe", females were a different "tribe". Many tribes, before going on raids or into battle, would have songs or chants in which the enemy was roundly mocked. Also, in our grungy little milltown, we had a bunch of first- and second-generation folks who came from cultures in which women were really considered "less than". Learned behavior. I only heard that term used once in school by a male authority figure, and he was nearly universally despised, anyway. And the girls weren't stupid, blind or deaf. They knew what was going on, and by about junior year very few of the guys would want to get on the bad side of the girls, especially those with social cachet or big boyfriends. It was more a matter of social stigma than of sexual positioning. Homosexuality simply wasn't discussed - most of us had gone to school together (or knew others who had) since first grade, and by the time realization came, the gay person already had a group of friends, a social standing, and family ties within the community. A fairly outrageous gay male was one of the most popular people in the class ahead of mine, and other gay and lesbian people found their niche and were accepted on that basis. It doesn't seem, in my memory, that any gay kid ever came to grief in that small circle, but a gay teacher who was known to have approached several students was truly beyond the pale....