Men’s fashion and the expression of gender and sexuality: new trends counterpointing the gender binary
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Men’s fashion, Gender, Sexuality, Co-edAbstract
This article aims to comprehend the intersection between fashion, gender, and sexuality, specially men’s fashion as a way to express masculinities and the revelation of homosexuality. Faced with this phenomenon, the article also seeks to understand ongoing fashion trends which (re)think clothing’s aesthetic construction as opposed to the gender binary. This is a theoretical study that anchors itself to cultural studies in fashion, gender, and sexuality. Men’s fashion, for a long time, reinforced gender stereotypes that exist in hegemonic masculinity. The ways in which men dress themselves vary due to current norms and change due to societal emergencies of a given historical period. Clothing as a means to express sexual orientation has been used throughout history, by gay men, to create a recognizable image, at times as a code and at times as sociopolitical affirmation. In conclusion, current movements, as the co-ed for instance, signal the need to reassess fashion’s role in assigning gender parameters, in order to show inclusivity towards different ways of expression.
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