Jonah is a gay man who chooses not to share information about his sexuality with his work colleagues. His co-workers assume that he is straight, and he makes considerable efforts to foster this impression to benefit from the gender order in his workplace, where women and men viewed as not sufficiently masculine are often given fewer opportunities for advancement. Jonah is participating in

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Complicit masculinity refers to when individuals may not fit the hegemonic masculine ideal but benefit from it by supporting or enacting behaviors that reinforce the dominant gender order. Jonah's actions to foster an impression of heterosexuality to benefit from the gender dynamics at his workplace align with complicit masculinity, as he is indirectly supporting the dominant gender norms without embodying the hegemonic ideal himself.

Jonah Is a Gay Man Who Chooses Not to Share