We tend to talk mostly about MEN on Big Queer, so here’s an effort to break that…

Not a lot of attention has been given to the WOMEN of Brokeback Mountain. Granted, the movie’s about the relationship between Jack and Ennis, but what strikes me about the lack of attention on the women is that so much of the talk about the men has to do with masculinity. You know, people (myself included) talk about how Ennis (Heath Ledger) represses his emotions to the point of living this double life, and they throw around words like manhood, masculinity, etc. But they don’t consider the other, crucial component to this—womanhood.