The men cupped the wine glass like any other glass, however, the women tended to hold the stem of the wine glass between two fingers. Another gender clue I found was that while Victor and Toddy performed together, Victor leaned on the piano in a masculine manner and also during the same performance, Victor crossed his arms and put his hands in his pockets, which are all masculine mannerisms . An eighth insight I found was after King found out that Victoria was actually a woman and Victoria wanted to go dancing, so they went to a gay club. The men in the background were dancing, but not very close to each other. But when Victoria danced with King she was very close and touchy, there was barley in every space between them. After this scene King goes to a bar and gets into a fight, I think this is another gender marker because King felt emasculated by being seen dancing with a "man" so he wanted to feel tougher. At the end of the fight his face and knuckles were bruised. Another gender clue I found was another moment when Victoria was practicing for a show. She and Toddy were in her apartment and Victoria was playing
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