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Response To 'Bro Before Hos' Kimmy

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What I’m arguing in Paragraph 2 is that Men are so afraid to be isolated from their group that they don't express themselves. Throughout the stories of “Guyland” you notice that a lot of guys do stupid things to fit into a group. Like in initiation, these guys would do outrageous stuff just to be able to have a group of “brothers” who will support them after college. Also these guys tend to drink large amounts of hard liquor so that they can fit in with their peers. In the passage “Bro Before hos” Kimmy is talking to a large group of boys about masculinity. One of the boys from the group talks about not wearing a type of clothing because he doesn't want to be considered as Gay or isolated from the group. A Lot of other people in the group

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