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"Boys are falling behind in school. The world has become more verbal; boys haven't. Even in their traditionally strong subjects of science and math, boys are hit at a young age with new educational approaches, stressing high-level reading and writing goals that they are developmentally unable to achieve. The gap between male and female achievement has reached the college level, where only 40 per cent of graduates next year will be male. This doesn't just mean fewer male doctors and lawyers, it also means fewer men in the careers that previously did not require post-high school degrees but do now. "Why Boys Fail" examines the roots and repercussions of this problem and spells out the educational, political, social and economic challenges we face as we work to end it."

"Studi ini bertujuan mengeksplorasi narasi dalam boys’ love yang diproduksi oleh lelaki gay dan bagaimana representasi gay yang dibuat oleh mereka digunakan untuk membongkar mitos homoseksualitas yang dibentuk oleh perempuan. Boys’ love merupakan genre dalam media populer dengan narasi yang berfokus pada hubungan romantis dan seksual antarlelaki. Sejak awal, genre ini dibuat oleh dan ditujukan kepada perempuan yang diasumsikan heteroseksual. Para perempuan mengembangkan mitos mengenai homoseksualitas lelaki dalam boys’ love, yang mendorong lelaki gay mengembangkan cerita sendiri dalam genre tersebut yang sesuai dengan pengalaman mereka. Dengan menggunakan model semiotika Barthes, studi menganalisis lima adegan dalam serial I Told Sunset About You yang dibuat oleh lelaki gay. Temuan penelitian menunjukkan bahwa lelaki gay membentuk mitos dalam boys’ love sebagai upaya membongkar mitos homosekualitas buatan perempuan, sekaligus untuk mengkritik struktur heteronormatif. Selain itu, hasil penelitian juga menunjukkan bahwa boys’ love, sebagai salah satu bentuk komersialisasi budaya queer, memiliki potensi aktivisme bagi komunitas LGBTQ.

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This study aims to explore the narrative in boys' love produced by gay men and how the gay representations made by them are used to dismantle myths of homosexuality formed by women. Boys' love is a genre in popular media with a narrative that focuses on romantic and sexual relationships between men. From the very beginning, this genre was created by and aimed at presumably heterosexual women. Women develop myths about male homosexuality in boys' love, which pushed gay men to develop their own stories within the genre that are relevant to their experiences. Using Barthes' semiotic model, this study analyzes five scenes from a series made by gay man called I Told Sunset About You. Research findings show that gay men form myths in boys' love to dismantle the myth of homosexuality made by women, as well as to criticize heteronormative structures. In addition, results also show that boys' love as a form of commercialization of queer culture has the potential for LGBTQ activism."