Ch 7 Blog Post #2

Emo. It is a term used to describe people whose style looks like the picture above. Even though this appears to be a young women, you will often find that many "emo" guys can often look similar to (or be mistaken for) a woman. Chapter 7 says that your gender performance involves how you see you, how others see you, and how you fit into a larger culture. "Emo" people see themselves as outsiders or different from the regular type of young people (or "alpha youth" i.e. athletes, popular kids, etc). They refuse to buy into what young people are supposed to look like and rebel against it with bright colors, lots of black, and multiple piercings. They see themselves as individuals. On a cultural level, "emo" kids have their own sub-culture. There is even a genre of music now that is called "emo" (many refer to it as "wrist cutting music"). In mainstream culture, they are stereotyped by making it seem as though they only listen to bands that have a lead singer that screams ("screamo") and have emotional, dark lyrical content. Since this type of youth prefer to perform gender this way, they do face ridicule, judgment, bullying, stereotyping, etc.