Essay On Homosociality In The Danish Girl

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Gender policing was shown profoundly in The Danish Girl. Gender policing is the imposition or enforcement of normative gender expressions on an individual who is perceived as not adequately performing, through appearance or behavior, the sex that was assigned to them at birth. For example, pushing stereotypical male standards on those who are perceived as to be male, and pushing stereotypical female standards on those who are perceived as to be female. In The Danish Girl, the obvious example is the two men who mock and eventually beat up Lili because she was perceived as a male, but was dressing and acting as a female. Even the two males simply asking, “Are you a boy or a girl?” is an example of gender policing. In my opinion, an example of gender policing that isn’t so obvious in the film is all of the doctors that Lili went to see. With the exception of the …show more content…

Homosociality is the social interaction between members of the same sex. The whole movie is basically an interaction between Tyler Durden and the main character (the narrator). The interaction between these two in the movie is basically the same interaction that Kimmel says most guys have. They don’t talk about their feelings or show any emotions besides aggression. Kimmel mentions that no matter where it is, guys are always trying to “outdo” or “one-up” the other guys. It doesn’t matter if it’s at a party and the guys have to keep drinking more so that they will be the one who drinks the most or if it’s an athletic event and the guys have to keep doing more and more to make sure they are the better athlete. In the same way in Fight Club, the whole thing started because Tyler and the narrator decided to fight outside of the bar to see which one could take a hit like more of a man. They had to see which one could take pain better than the other one. Throughout the entire movie they are always trying to outdo each other and see which one of the two is

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