Analysis Of Harry Styles

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Women paint their nails and men drink beer. That is the way things are supposed to work, but not according to Harry Styles. Styles has shown time and time again that he does not believe or participate in gendered stereotypes such as the ones listed previously. Society dictates that women can only do things that are considered feminine such as cooking, cleaning and watching romantic comedies. Men can only do things that are considered masculine such as watching football, drinking hard liquor and liking and fixing cars. Harry Styles publically participates in activities on both sides of the spectrum. This relates to the myth of gender because it shows that men can only do typically masculine things and women can only do feminine things. Harry …show more content…

His favorite football team is the Green Bay Packers, he even has their logo tattooed on his arm. He enjoys playing sports such as football, soccer to the U.S., and American football. He exercises, boxing and lifting weights. His voice is incredibly deep and he loves cars. He owns several, along with a motorcycle. Styles does both masculine and feminine things while keeping his own personality front and center. He shows that you can still do and like typically masculine activities while enjoying typically feminine activities. “Harry, however, was quick with an answer, dishing, "You do stuff like, you know, talk about boobs while drinking a beer and watching football." OMG. He added, "I was at home the other day with a couple of lads because the football was on, so we were being lads...and then, the football finished so were like 'Oh we 'll watch some TV ', and we ended up watching The Notebook!"” (Michaels). Harry Styles is his own person. He does not conform to the gender roles society has set and he does not care. He loves himself and he loves his fans, encouraging them to be who they want to be. While he does participate in what is typically masculine, he also does typically feminine things as well. Styles himself supports the myth of gender by proving that even if a person is cisgendered (which as far as the public is aware, Styles is) than they can act however they want, no matter if what they want is particularly masculine or

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