Michael Kimmel discusses the various ways the "Gender Police" teach boys the "guy code" but notes that the strongest weapon in the Gender Police's arsenal is fear of being perceived as gay.
Andrew Sullivan writes of a new generation of straight people who have grown up more comfortable with homosexuality, and a new generation of gay people who will not have to go through the "pain and fear and self=loathing" an older generation did (104).
The question then arises: If being perceived as gay is becoming less and less horrifying, then how will the guy code be enforced? What will the gender police do without their best weapon? Or is the guy code on its way out? If the "weapon" loses its power, will the Gender Police survive?
Another question arises: If the Gender Police can still use their powerful weapon effectively to enforce the Guy Code, then is being perceived as gay really becoming less horrifying?
In this paper, you need to figure out to what extent the claims of Kimmel and Sullivan can be reconciled. Use Andrew Sullivan to reconsider Kimmel:
Is being perceived as gay still the Gender Police's most effective and deadly weapon to enforce The Guy Code?
How do i come up with reasons and a solid, ood thesis to get an A on this paper