‘Can You Really Be a Queer Muslim?’: Intersectionality and the Complexity of Identity

‘Man Up’!
Identity Kyra Meier-Klodt Identity Kyra Meier-Klodt

‘Man Up’!

Grow a pair... Have some balls… Don’t be a pussy… A boy takes off his nail polish for fear of being called ‘gay’... I wonder why it is such a bad thing. Society has made it an insult to be seen as feminine because, in turn, this means you are weak. Young boys don’t wear pink... Boys laugh compliantly at “women belong in the kitchen” jokes…  Harry Styles wearing a skirt is, according to some, single handedly ending the era of manly men. What does it even mean to be a manly man? 

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