I can't make these things up

[fredericks]

BOSTON, Massachusetts (Reuters) -- A Massachusetts correctional officer is being disciplined for showing the gay cowboy movie "Brokeback Mountain" to inmates at the state's largest prison because his boss determined that the film includes content inappropriate for a prison setting.
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It's official...*ded*
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Yesterday when I'd log onto AOL.com one of the headlines read "Prince goes to strip club". Every time I went over there I'd read the headline and say to myself "why the hell does it matter if Prince goes to a strip club? the man wrote 'Darling Nikki', fer chrissake!" And everytime I'd have to click on the link and read the story to figure out they were referring to Prince Harry.

Comments

[juanitadark.livejournal.com]

I think it's consentual gay sex that they take issue with (in terms of the 'threat' it represents to male heterosexuality). Apparently they have no issue with the penis as a concealed weapon but two guys loving each other?! Wtf?! Shut that down immediately.

I'm starting to think that what happens in prisons is (while not natural by any means) a logical overflow of what passes for masculinity in this particular society. It's 'masculinity' taken it's disturbing extreme.

[fredericks.livejournal.com]

But we have no clue unless we look at federal mandates regarding what's allowed as prison tv viewing. Perhaps any movies with overtly sexual tones aren't allowed, and there's both het and homo love scenes in Brokeback. It'd be something interesting to look into. I'll add it to my Easter Break research queue.

Same-sex coupling in prison (male and female institutions) seems to be a circumstance of the situation. I'd think it's hard to get numbers on the matter, but I do agree with you to some extent re: male/male couplings.