Response Cooper Thompson discusses the stereotypical definition of masculinity in his article "We Should Reject Traditional Masculinity.... " The author depicts the traditional definitions of masculinity throughout the article and problems associated with it. He goes on to describe "traditional definitions of masculinity include attributes such as independence, pride, resiliency, self-control, and physical strength...These are desirable attributes for boys and girls. ... In society, males who do female activities are often labeled as homosexual. ... " Billy accepts Michael&...

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It is a sport where the definition of excellence is premised on strength, where there is a readiness to injure an opponent and where men have a considerable advantage over women. ... In this fashion homosexuality in our society is the least male attribute. "The behavior of these male homosexuals is as different from that of a group of average men as one could possibly imagine (Terman and Miles, 1936: 248, as cited in Peterson 1998). So to be a gay male in our society equates to not being a man at all: "Real men" avoid appearing feminine and since this group of homosexuals are seen to acti...

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Science, according to the definition given by the dictionary, "is the ability to produce solutions in some problem domain- (Hyperdictionnary, 2003). ... It could be employed in cases of homosexual parents, where normal reproduction is not possible because of similarities of sexes. ... This kind of behavior could encourage homosexuality, and worse than that, the cloned child would think that having parents of same sex is normal and having heterosexual parents is abnormal. ...

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I will also explain Aristophanes" definition of love, and whether or not love is an admirable or good thing. ... Here thus, according to Aristophanes, we have an explanation for male and female homosexuality, as well as heterosexuality. ... Aristophanes does however betray a bias towards male homosexual love as being better and nobler than heterosexual love when he speaks of heterosexual love "Many lecherous men have come from this class, and so do the lecherous women who run after men" This view is further exemplified when Aristophanes says that boys who seek out men are "the best boys and ...

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