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Although he wants to be an individual, the male is scared of anything in himself that is the slightest bit different from other men; it causes him to suspect he's not really a 'Man', that he's passive and totally sexual, a highly upsetting suspicion. If other men are “A” and he's not, he must not be a man; he must be a fag. So he tries to affirm his 'Manhood' by being like all the other men. Differentness in other men, as well as in himself, threatens him; it means they're fags whom he must at all costs avoid, so he tries to make sure that all other men conform.
The male dares to be different to the degree that he accepts his passivity and his desire to be female, his fagginess. The farthest out male is the drag queen, but he, although different from most men, is exactly like all other drag queens; like the functionalist, he has an identity — he is female. He tries to define all his troubles away — but still no individuality. Not completely convinced that he's a woman, highly insecure about being sufficiently female, he conforms compulsively to the man-made feminine stereotype, ending up as nothing but a bundle of stilted mannerisms.