The popular definition of gayness is rooted in sexism. The defensive phrase "Who's a sissy?" has been as much a part of the American lexicon as "So's your old lady." After all, it is supposed to be an insult to call a man effeminate, for it means he is like a woman and therefore not as valuable as a "real" man. Homosexuality in the movies, whether overtly sexual or not, has always been seen in terms of what is or is not masculine. "This chapter is concerned primarily with the genesis of the sissy and not the tomboy because homosexual behavior onscreen, as almost every other defined "type" of behavior, has been cast in male terms.
" If I Only Had the Nerve" (1939) in the film The Wizard of Oz But they told the dream."-Charlton Heston, "The movies didn't always get history straight.
We wind up with a lot of empty fairy tales that do not have much relation to anyone."- Samuel Goldwyn, 1938 Our fear of what the censors will do keeps us from portraying life the way it really is.
"Most of our pictures have little, if any, real substance. " Foolish Man Blues" (1927) by Bessie Smith, There's two things I just can't understandĪnd a skipping, twisting woman actin' man.
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