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Gay Chicken is a type of tests of manhood or dare that is played by two members of the same gender or opposite sexual orientation. It is perceived as a game that proves security in one's own sexual preference, and usually occurs between two males of heterosexual orientation as a display of masculinity. Hazing is usually the motive for playing the game, generally in groups such as college fraternities. The game, while not well known, is a controversial subject namely in the U.S. due to the subjects of homosexuals and acts performed that may be perceived as feminine, such as kissing a man on the cheek as a sign of greeting that is often performed as a normal salutation in various other areas.

Hazing
The game is often used as a hazing game often in combination with the consumption of alcohol. This game is often used to degrade or humiliate the participants in order to make them “acceptance” in the group, namely as an initiation rite for fraternities.

Often within a group of men, such sexually degrading hazing practices are used in order for members of the group to rank the masculinity of each new member of the group. Hazing is also used to create subordinate members of a group, often creating a hierarchical social system. This game often results in “physical abuse, psychological damage, and sexual humiliation” for the participants.

Social Implications
In the Culture of the United States, the game is meant to humiliate players by making them perform sexual acts on members the same sex, this reflects the American culture’s fear of homosexuality. Typically, American men are expected “to maintain physical and emotional distance from one another." In general in American culture, it is not acceptable for heterosexual men to hold hands, hug, and kiss. Therefore, the game is completely against social norms seen in American culture and therefore humiliating towards participants. Generally, in culture of Europe, it is not as much of a stigma for men to kiss other men, for example British culture. Homosexuality is not as much of a stigma in England as it is in the United States. Homosexual games are not seen as degrading as it is in the United States. Games such as Gay Chicken as seen as more of a harmless joke than a humiliating practice.

Gameplay and Strategy
Gay chicken is a urban game played by either two heterosexual men, two heterosexual women, or a homosexual man and homosexual woman. The two players perform a homosexual act, increasing in intensity until one player backs down, who is deemed the loser. The most common form of the game is pillow talk where the players use increasingly intense sexual innuendo or jokes until one player either laughs or cannot respond. There are two physical variations that involve main focuses such as "groping" or "[kiss|kissing]]." In the "groping" version, players start off by touching various areas of the body to make the other player become uncomfortable, moving closer to genital regions until a player pulls away. The "kiss" form, as implied by the name, involves the players moving in for a kiss until one backs away, or if the kiss occurs, until one breaks off the kiss. There are two basic strategies to the game: the first is the shocking approach where one player immediately tries to shock the other player into pulling away,  the second strategy is the opposite. A player will move incredibly slowly in order to build up tension and cause the other participant to quit from fear or nerves.