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Violence And Secularity In Boys Don T Cry

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In today’s society, there is a protracted and growing connection between violence and muscularity to the fact it became part of our daily life norms. The foundation of gender and how we define muscularity, particularly among men, has led to the increase of negative characteristics associated with being a man. Whether by reacting aggressively to certain events and situations or using violence as a method to reinforce men’s muscularity, hate crimes and specifically transphobia has been a social problem that we keep seeing, hearing and even experiencing regularly in our lives. The movie of Boys Don’t Cry highlight the issues around sexuality and muscularity in reflecting on the story of a young woman who was experiencing a “sexual identity crisis”. In the film, we can witness the tragic true life story of Brandon Teena, a …show more content…

Boys Don’t Cry aims to mark the relationship of both control and aggression. This film was not only able to raise awareness about the issue of transphobia and violence against transsexual individuals in the late 90s, but it also set as a stage to challenge repressive constructions of gender and sexuality. Boys Don’t Cry is a movie about masculinity and manhood where Brandon was able to convince every one of his male identity through breast binding and pants stuffing in order to fully become what he sees as a real man. The opening scene of the film serves to both direct the viewer and to set a dark atmosphere to events that would occur later. We are first introduced to the film with Brandon looking back in a rearview mirror. He is looking directly at the viewer, inviting all of us to come along for the ride to his journey. As viewers, we are

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