Boys on the Side
Boys on the side has very obvious challenges of social structure. This begins with the joining of an african american lesbian singer with a heterosexual white female real estate agent on an expedition to California. The joining of Holly, a pregnant friend of Jane adds to this when experiencing the fight between her and her abusive boyfriend leading in the boyfriends death. This statement set a theme for the remainder of the film of the reliance of men, to some extent, to be minimal and only dangerous in the case of Abe Lincoln, a police officer to who Holly confesses, or the fallout between Jane and Robin because of Janes telling a man interested in Robin that she has HIV. Their lives still cooperate as a family to in some regards as they take care of each other through diseases and pregnancies and sexual preference. They knew each others short comings and fought to some extent but was still apparent of a nesicary reliance and love each had for the family.