“No matter that information abounds that lets the public know that gay males come from two-parent homes and can be macho and women-hating, misguided assumptions about what makes a male gay still flourish. Every day boys who express feelings are psychologically terrorized, and in extreme cases brutally beaten, by parents who fear that a man of feeling must be homosexual. Gay men share with straight men the same notions about acceptable masculinity.” FeelingsViolenceFeminismGayEmotionsFeministMasculinityFeelings And EmotionsGay MenBell HooksEmotional MenGay Teens Book:The Will to Change: Men, Masculinity, and Love Source: The Will to Change: Men, Masculinity, and Love