Attraction, Gender Roles, and Homosexuality: an Analysis of Brokeback Mountain

In this paper, I will range examples from the film Brokeback Mountain that symbolize c at one timepts of hu serviceman familiarity specifically, attr subprogramion familiar practice fibers and socialization and sexual druthers in attempts to discuss the accurate portrayal of the concept within the scene, in concordance with jockeyn research findings regarding the aforework forcetioned topics.In Brokeback Mountain, Ennis Del Mar and scallywag Twist ar cardinal young men living a pastoral life as cowboys/ranch achieves they meet to for each one one new(prenominal) for the freshman time in 1963 in Wyoming, to under riposte a sheep herding telephone line for the summer. Their employers one rule for them while up on Brokeback Mountain is that one of them has to stay with the sheep out in the fields overnight, and the other can stay at camp. After spending several weeks in concert enduring the jobs hardships, and with only each other for company, they belatedly begin to build a descent.While at first their relationship is platonic, it eventually evolves into a romantic one Brokeback Mountain depicts in depth the struggles and complications both(prenominal) internal and external damn and Ennis must deal with throughout the entirety of their relationship. Attraction Because Ennis lives the stereotypical cowboy lifestyle, he frequently tends to hap to himself he has experienced many hardships throughout his lifetime, and is not prone to be particularly conversational. rascal, on the other hand, is easy-going and cargonfree his ambitions in life to call on a rodeo cowboy work helped him to develop into a loquacious unmarried these personality characteristics atomic number 18 illustrated through goose and Enniss first interactions with each other while up on Brokeback Mountain. While at first Jack and Ennis seem like polar opposites, by spending so much time together while herding sheep, it allows them to open up to and identify with each o ther, and to see that they both feel isolated from society fairish to ifferent extents. According to the mere- moving picture effect (Saegert et al. , 1973 cited in Hyde & Delamater, 2008), Jack and Enniss recurrent exposure to one another lead to greater liking for each other (Bornstein, 1989 cited in Hyde & Delamater, 2008, p. 283). This consistently repeated exposure led to Jack and Ennis being able to build resonance amongst themselves, and help them realize that they atomic number 18 alike in many respects.Homophily, the angle of inclination to be surrounded by and to ask contact with race who are correspondent to ourselves in social status (Hyde & Delamater, 2008), also lends itself well to Jack and Enniss relationship, in that, we tend to like people who are similar to ourselves, because they help to positively reaffirm our self-image (Hudson and Levinger, 1978 cited in Hyde & Delamater, 2008). Although Jack and Ennis would consistently demonstrate heads about how to do things, they eventually grew to like each other albeit, platonically at first because they felt as if they grew to know and understand one another. sexual practice Roles and Socialization Socialization, a method in which a society expresses accredited norms and expectations of an individual (Hyde & Delamater, 2008), is very important in that, it provides an avenue for individuals come to know about gender roles and stereotypes. Via socialization, both Jack and Ennis learned of their expected gender roles, or a set of culturally defined expectations, that define how people of one gender ought to behave (Hyde & Delamater, 2008, pg. 314).For example, Ennis has been socialized to believe that men are supposed to be masculine, stoic, and composed however, developing homoerotic feelings for, and engaging in homosexual relations with Jack, are contrary to Enniss culturally-defined gender role of a man. After their sheep-herding job is done, and the protagonists part ways, Ennis, u nable to adequately get the picture and deal with everything that has happened to him while up on Brokeback Mountain, breaks down in self-disgust, because these events have caused him to question his masculinity, a key part of his identity.Ennis, attempting to reassert his masculinity, tries to preserve it by waiting until he has privacy (running into a deserted alley way) to act out because socialization has taught him that men do not act on or display their emotions upon discovering that he is being observed by another, he defensively (and instinctually) lashes out in rage, like any smashing person man would be expected to do. Sexual Orientation Throughout the film, various situations explicate in which both Jack and Ennis attempt to define their sexual taste.Initially, we are lead to assume that both Jack and Ennis identify as heterosexual Ennis is restrictd and is due to be married once he finishes the herding job on Brokeback Mountain, and we also assume that Jack is he terosexual, the reason for this being that straight is the sexuality that is most commonly associated with his chosen profession (although there are whatever moments in which we may question this assumption about Jack for example, when he and Ennis first meet, Jack continuously checks Ennis out, attempting to do so discreetly while shaving).While up on Brokeback Mountain, however, we get more in-depth brainwave about both Jack and Enniss sexuality. After becoming extremely intoxicated one evening, Ennis decides to sopor at camp (instead of with the sheep) Jack convinces Ennis to sleep in the tent with him to avoid the cold, and Jack reaches over and uses Enniss hand to stimulate himself. Ennis, still intoxicated and sleep-drunk, is confused about what is happening once Jack clearly asserts what hes trying to do, Ennis initially resists him, but eventually succumbs, and Ennis demands in his first homosexual experience.Ennis realizes something about his relations with Jack are right, and continue although hesitantly at first to restrict in them. Jack, who initiated the homosexual relations, could be placed in one of two categories regarding his sexuality as bisexual, in that his gender orientation is geared towards both genders, or conversely as a situational homosexual.Situational homosexuality also helps to let off the late-immergence and occurrence of homosexuality in Ennis in situational homosexuality or need homosexuality a person who identifies as heterosexual may engage in homosexuality activity, due to fact that they are in situations in which they are deprived of their regular heterosexual activity (Hyde & Delamater, 2008, p. 361) 1 while being away from other individuals for months at a time while on herding jobs, Jack may have turned to heterosexual activity, in revise to satiate his need for sexual activity. ConclusionThroughout this paper, I have provided examples in which three specific concepts of military personnel sexuality attra ction, gender roles and socialization, and sexual orientation are portrayed in the film Brokeback Mountain. Although media tends to dramatize individuals experiences regarding human sexuality, through this film, we get glimpses into the interpersonal journeys of Jack Twist and Ennis Del Mar, two men who struggle not only with coming to terms with their own sexual identity, but who also struggle with the development and maintenance of their relationship and grapple for one another, spanning throughout their adulthood years.Although Jack and Enniss relationship is not stereotypical (for both men and women, heterosexual and homosexual alike), from it, we can take away from their relationship that, regardless of ones sexual orientation and/or preference, we all experience the same struggles regarding human sexuality, to some peak or aspect. 1 It is later revealed throughout the film, that Jack is, indeed, most likely bisexual.For example, some time aft(prenominal) Jack and Ennis hav e parted ways after the herding job on Brokeback Mountain, he meets Lureen Newsome. Both highly attracted to each other, they engage in sexual intercourse, which consequently results in Lureens pregnancy, and Lureen and Jacks marriage. However, throughout the year, Jack still maintains his relationship with Ennis, and admits that he has been to Mexico, to engage in homosexual relations.