CJS 101 Chapter 1: Introduction to Criminal Justice - Compulsive Heterosexuality - pt 2 reading
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Boys needed to ensure their masculinity by talking about sex in a way that was perceived by other boys as authentic, so they wouldn"t look like clowns. Asserting sexual dominance was somewhat paradoxically fraught with danger. One the one hand, overpowering a girl sexually was masculine (seen in rituals of. On the other hand, girls" sexual desire undergirded (provide support) a boy"s cross-sex touching) masculinity (as seen through interviews with boys about importance of girlfriends). Boys talk about how they have to get a girl who"s going to do something. Some say that the sooner they get girls drunk the sooner they get laid. Overpower them so that girls couldn"t help but desiring a given boy. (date rate. Boys showed that they could overpower girl"s desire and bodily control by convincing ex). them (with the use of drugs) to have sex.