Swan and Cygnets Sand. 2011

In this instance, the wing is "both stigma and fetish" and "is an icon of unusual, unhegemonic masculinity" (Attebery, 2018, p, 332). Cunningham challenges stereotypes of traditional manhood that depict guys as rapacious creatures, such as those seen in Beauty and the Beast, by demonstrating that the male body can be attractive and desired. According to Susan Bordo (1999, p. 25), new images have been produced as a result of "the traditional depictions of straight, white masculinity have become self-parodies." It has always been impossible to achieve exemplary masculinity other than being stiff and featureless. Because the animators "couldn't figure out how to make them look natural," the male leads in Disney stories were also very minor roles (Attebery, 2018, p, 332).

The issue is subtractive masculinity, which requires men to suppress characteristics considered feminine in order to profit from patriarchal social norms. This strips the characters of any genuine complexity and demonstrates the anti-feminist phobia that hegemonic masculinity promotes. To be masculine, one must eliminate all aspects of femininity and refrain from being effeminate.

Because they see him as "ninety percent robust muscled man-flesh and ten percent gorgeous blindingly white angel wing," for example, some women experience strange attraction to him (Cunningham, 2015, p. 11). Because he does not see himself as belonging to the hegemonic masculinity, he constantly feels inferior. As a result, he spends his time hanging out at a unique pub where other people who have survived fairy tale accidents gather.

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