Back when I was in high school there were always cliques; there were the jocks, the drama club kids, the nerds, the sluts, the gamers, etc. The jocks were known as the manliest men of all, because back in my day, the most masculine thing you could do was either be a football player, basketball player, or baseball player. These guys worked out together at the gym almost everyday, and a sign of masculinity is being buff, strong, dominant, or in other words, not a wimp or cry baby. If you had a different girlfriend every week, or were dating someone off of the cheerleading team, you were manly for that. These guys always felt the need to prove themselves to their friends, and some say that if they didn't get the approval from their friends, they would "fear losing them, causing their self esteem to go down, and possibly even killing themselves "( Kimmel 614). .

             Aside from just the sports end of it, if you weren't someone who fit in that profile, you were either known as a nerd, dork, loser, or even gay. I used to be a dancer from the age of six to sixteen, and most ignorant people think that dancing is only a sport for women, which is definitely not the case. There are plenty of successful male dancers out there, but because it doesn't fit under the masculine profile, people may judge you as being gay. I had a male friend who was constantly teased in high school because he was known as the gay dancer. He was not gay at all, but because he did not do a more masculine sport, he got teased for it. Fortunately for him he didn't care what other people thought of him because he was doing what he loved, but I know deep down he wished people weren't so close minded and judgmental. I also had a friend who played on the water polo team who was gay, but was too afraid to come out to people in case he would get bullied at school for it. His dream was to become an actor, not play a manly sport.