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Boys Showing Masculinity
CJPascoe showed some very important findings when it came to boys showing masculinity and power. The first finding is when she is watching the skit that the boys made. The revenge of the nerds. It addressed masculinity because two teenage boys come out and had nerdy clothing on finishing off the look with their glasses taped together. The crowd was laughing at them because of their appearance and right away one can infer that the crowd finds it funny that the boys are being effeminate just because of the nerdy look. Then the boys lose their girlfriends to the gangsters because compared to the gangsters they look soft and weak. The nerds then decide they must lift weights to become masculine to get their girlfriends back. Mid skit the crowd
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