At that time, surprisingly the heterosexual men could have sex with gay men identified as “fairies” and “queers” with effeminate characteristics and still not be considered homosexual. Due to this social constructionism – the only acknowledged concept of masculinity and femininity, masculine men especially working-class males like sailors and laborers could have sex with “fairies” and “queers” yet not be thought as gay provided that they were the ones penetrating but
At that time, surprisingly the heterosexual men could have sex with gay men identified as “fairies” and “queers” with effeminate characteristics and still not be considered homosexual. Due to this social constructionism – the only acknowledged concept of masculinity and femininity, masculine men especially working-class males like sailors and laborers could have sex with “fairies” and “queers” yet not be thought as gay provided that they were the ones penetrating but