Masculinity in Pride is represented as being very broad; this is seen in the character carl, as he is a welsh miner that sheds some of the restraints of his traditional masculinity in order to achieve his goals. This is seen when he asks Jonathan for dancing advice, regardless what his peers think, so he ban impress a woman. This is still is a stereotypical male representation, as he is learning to dance so he can become a ladies man. On the other hand, the act of dancing can be seen as an unconventional trait for a traditional, working-class male, as reflected in the dance scene as no other man in the scene is dancing or taking part apart from Jonathan.
The character of Cliff is an unconventional representation of a gay man, this is because men of Cliff's age from that period would be assumed to be straight because of their background and upbringing, Furthermore, he does not act in a stereotypical gay manner, nor does he act flamboyantly, as seen in the contrast between him and Jonathan during the dance scene. Cliff is a solid representation of a closeted gay man, and serves as a good narrative parallel to Joe, who can also be viewed as a closeted gay man; with the main difference between the 2 being how long they have repressed themselves and how it has affected them.
In the dance scene featuring Jonathan, masculinity is shown to be quite heavily contrasted and at conflict. This is shown by the flamboyance of Jonathan vs latency and stillness of the men of the working club. This scene tackles quite a big issue and this is the idea that the only real reason that the miners don't dance is out of fear of looking "gay" whereas this isn't a fear of Jonathan as he is openly homosexual. These factors establish a very strong conflict however, this conflict is used in order to establish a new medium between the members of LGSM and the miners which is shown when later in the scene Carl asks Jonathan for lessons on how to dance, which his friends chastise him for but after explaining his rationale, the two openly homophobic miners leave and Carl's closer friend encourages him and even decides to join in with him. Masculinity in this scene is also shown as limiting. For example, in this scene all of the wives and women of the working club are dancing and enjoying themselves whereas the men are rather latent and therefore masculinity limits their ability to share this experience with their partners.
Following this scene we see the Bread and Roses scene in which we see a similar thing happen in the idea that in the first verse the woman who initiates the song sings on her own, the second verse all of the women of the working club join in and finally the men join. This is quite clearly a representation on the more fragile side of masculinity having to have acceptance from their peers in order to take part in an activity which is traditionally feminine. After this, we see the two sons of Maureen enter the club and begin to hurl homophobic abuse at the group. This portrays masculinity as very anti-homosexual as there is no active portrayal of masculinity from a homosexual man. However, Martin steps in and intervenes and shows support for LGSM but does so quite threateningly, which may show that while men lack the ability to show emotion physically, they fight for something they respect or love.
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