An individual behavior can be affected by the environment that they are in. Depending on the environments a person will be affected less more by the stereotype threat set by that certain environment. Making that one individual feel the need to confine with the stereotype set by societies to feel normal and accepted. In chapter five of Steel closet, Anne Balay focus on the different identities gay men identified with within a setting which masculinity plays a big role. The steel production is the ideal american icon and spirit for construction of the nation. With the steel mill production dominating over most of northwest Indiana “ ‘Masculinity’ is the principle of aggressive brute force in the world”(102). And because the mill production
