Why is female masculinity important? Well first we must see how Halberstam defines female masculinity to understand the importance of this term. Halberstam says “The term female masculinity  stages several different kids of interventions into contemporary gender theory and practice: first, it refuses the authentication of masculinity through maleness and maleness alone, and it names a deliberately counterfeit masculinity that undermines the currency of maleness.” (2639) Wow that was a whole lot to digest but what I take from this statement is that we should not be looking at masculinity as only accessible through being a male. Therefore if we do not see it only as male that means we are allowed for either gender to be able to have access to a type of masculinity. Masculinity is define from it’s differences from femininity It is important to note that when Halberstam is talking about masculinity she/he is talking about it in regards to the white male normative who embody this phallus power. Female masculinity is counterfeit because it allows females to take away the misogyny and social power out of male masculinity. It is also define as counterfeit because it does not possess strictly only male nor female traits but some where in between.

Now to the point of my argument. The reason why female masculinity is important is that it takes away the white normative perspective of whats masculine. It allows us to realize how much power it really has opposite to femininity. Halberstam says “Such accounts can only read masculinity as the powerful and active alternative to female passivity and as the expression therefore of white male subjectivity.”(2639) When we look at female masculinity and we do not acknowledge masculinity as only for males we can take away that power. We also see that female masculinity becomes powerful and active unlike like femininity where it contains passive trait. This is exactly what pisses off over masculine white males who want to keep this status quo. The third point to Halberstam’s female masculinity is “female masculinity may be an embodied assault up compulsory heterosexuality, and it offers one powerful model of what inauthentic masculinity can look like, how it produces and deploys desire, and what new social, sexual and political relations it can foster.” (2639) The example of a butch female comes to mind when we think about a powerful model that represents a masculine female.

I explained the very basic of Halberstam’s theory of there being a female masculinity. Now I wish to apply the basis of her theory to a theory of my own that I have been thinking about for a long time now. I apologize now if my language is excessive but I’m trying to drive home a point. http://www.tmz.com/2015/12/04/the-game-fight-stitches-mug-shot/

The n word has been used to classify African Americans during the dark times of America. Later in music after the word became a no no word to use by mainly white people, black people took the word and changed it to “nigg@”. A ton of bad stereotypes became associated with the word. Such as being lazy, ignorant, violent, gang member and other negative views of black people. For black people this new n word was a way to change how other black people saw this word. The emergence of gangsta rap saw the word cultured used by many minorities.When you said the phrase my n word to your friends it lose the negativity that was once placed on it. In today’s society it has been culturally accepted that it is okay to use the n word if it is not in a negative tone. In reality we have two different meanings from the same word one negative and one positive that is based upon who says it. This is why I posted the story about this rapper Stitches who not only is white and uses the n word but carries the negative stereotypes that once labeled the word. This rapper name Stitches had been harassing the rapper The Game over the internet and when The Game was in Miami, Stitches waited for him outside of the club he was in for hours. He posted videos out side of him waiting, cursing out The Game and even spits on the mans vehicle. After The Game leaves the club Stitches walks up to him trying to start a fight but ends up getting knocked out and thrown in jail. Why am I telling you all of this? What does it mean? Sure the guy acts like a jackass stereotype but so what? Well I’m trying to argue that the n word needs to no longer be associated with only African Americans. Instead the negative context to this word should be allowed to apply to anyone who embodies these negative stereotype out rightly. Instead of only the view of the n word being a ignorant stereotypical black person it can be anyone trying to embody this negativity. This man Stitches exemplifies, and identifies as the negative stereotype depicted by that word that African Americans have been trying to get away from. I’m arguing that if he is not an n word then like Halberstain says about female masculinity being a counterfeit masculinity that there must be a counterfeit n word. In this counterfeit n word any person no matter the race or gender who feels the need to embodied the negativity stereotypes can identify as one. The rapper Stitches would be the model of this counterfeit. If you want to argue it is because Stitches is a white rapper and in rap it is okay to use the n word I would like to bring up Eminem. Eminem is known throughout the world as the best white rapper and some may argue the best rapper in the history of rap. Eminem uses derogatory terms which our offensive but he never uses the n word. He never needs that lyrical cultural crutch unlike Stitches. Overall in a perfect world I would like the stigma around the word to change or the creation of a word that can be applied to all races in American culture.