In class we had a group discussion about the different stereotypes that are associated with a sexual and regional identity, here is what we came up with.
Sexuality:
Straight: Love boobs, drink beer, metrosexual, unhealthy, insensitive, do manly things (sports etc)
Gay: limp wristed, mincing walk, flamboyant, gay couple (one is female, other is male) and mostly muscular.
Regional Identity:
Northerners: butch, strong accents, tracksuits, poor, uneducated, drink heavily, chips/pie gravy, crime rates are high and old fashioned.
Southerners: Rich, business men / suits, posh, expensive lifestyle and the glamour’s part of England.
The characters and scenes in episode 1.
Lip: Lip is a straight, normal teenage boy with sexual urges. In the opening scene, we find him going to a girl’s house to help her out in physics homework. Because he charges and she has no money, Lip has his first sexual encounter. This scene is very odd as the girl’s mother is in the kitchen next to them where she could see everything, but was too busy cooking and watching the TV. After this encounter, Lip gets back to his house and try’s to hide his underwear, when hiding the underwear he discovers his brothers (Ian) gay porn stash. Later on in the scene Lip brags to his brother about his sexual encounter, then asks his brother if he has had any (even though he knows he’s gay) and then confronts Ian about his gay porn.
Ian: Ian is gay and sensitive, when confronted about his gay porn he runs to his bed and starts to cry. He tries to cover the fact he’s gay by blending in with his family and friends, trying to look ‘normal’ or ‘not gay’, he pulls this off by acting hard and wearing tracksuits like anyone else (doesn’t look gay). He also has a picture of Kylie in his room.
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