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I have shared with some of you discussion topics from this fascinating class I am taking in the PSYC department at Metropolitan State called The American Male. It is about what is expected of boys and men in America and how those expectations compare with males in other countries. It attempts to illuminate reasons for some stereotypical male behavior like sexism, homophobia, aggression, promiscuity, insensitivity, and violence to name a few. I wish to share some of the journal entries I have written for this class as I think the conversation that might ensue would be stimulating. 9/23/17 about being a gay man This class has me thinking about my role as a gay man in America in 2017. I have been talking with friends and coworkers and my partner of 11 years about how there is less pressure on me to be a manly man since I came out over 20 years ago. People do not expect certain things of me. I think my close friendships and relationships with women as well as feminist subject matter in my