![]() ![]() However, Booth’s revelation falls flat rather than precipitating a crisis for Lincoln, perhaps because Lincoln isn’t as concerned as Booth with being an alpha male. This tactic is a direct result of Booth’s own insecurities surrounding his masculinity. Booth even tries to emasculate Lincoln during a particularly heated argument not only by reminding him that his wife left him because he was impotent, but by revealing that Booth had slept with Lincoln’s wife while they were still married. Although both brothers speak about their sexual conquests in chauvinistic terms, Booth especially clings to inflated ideas of his own sexual prowess, allowing it to define his sense of manhood. ![]() ![]() Masculinity in Topdog/Underdog is often cast as unstable and potentially dangerous. ![]()
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