Masculinity

I think that a lot of this book, especially up untill now has, going along with the power struggle, is all about being masculine. This is hard for them seeing as the only women they are ever in contact with are the nurses. It is no surprise that when around them, they instantly feel nervous or even intimidated. since McMurphy has not been in the ward long, he does not seem to apply to this statement yet. He is not shy around Nurse Ratched like everyone else, he stands up for himself and others. When is is going around to find one more vote to get a majority, the nurse tells him to stop, but does he? NO. He tries and tries until he eventually gets one, interestingly from Chief. Back to the point, when everyone is in favor of watching the world series, they are not juts voting for that. They are voting to stay in tuned with their masculine side, to not let the women control them. It is fitting that they want to watch baseball, a man sport.