Gender Norms

              Human life is very special and important. Someone losing their life is very unfortunate under any circumstance. Judith Butler states in his article Phylosophe that " he walks with what we call a "swish"-a kind of . . . his hips move back and forth in a "feminine" way. Someone being murdered for the way they walk is very sad and should not be taken lightly. I believe that the kids that killed the young man did not understand or even cared to understand why he walked that way, and that since they did not understand why he walked that way they were afraid and felt uncomfortable because they were not used to anyone being that way. Another reason why I think they killed that kid was because they were on a masculine power trip and they did not want  to let a kid they thought was to girly to go on living because it might have made them look bad for not proving themselves. I also think that the kids might have gotten caught up in the moment of beating up the kid and ended up throwing him over the bridge. Since the kid was not acting the same way a "regular boy" would act the other boys felt the urge to end his feministic qualities. Someone not complying with their gender norms is not an excuse to kill them.