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Men and Masculinity
In The New Statesman, India Ross credited James Dean with creating modern masculinity. In 1955, Dean slicked backed his hair, smoked cigarettes, and raced cars. Sound familiar? (Source)
The T-Birds are basically all James Dean wannabes. Danny Zuko has the slicked back hair, the cigarettes, the racing skills, and the attitude. So Danny Zuko might have out-Deaned Dean…but Dean was a rebel without a cause.
When Danny gets a cause—named Sandy—it shakes up his masculine worldview.
The T-Birds make themselves look macho by talking about sex non-stop, but they're all talk, no action.
The Pink Ladies are arguably more "masculine" because they are more sexual than the T-Birds are. They don't talk; they do.
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