Susan Lee Johnson's article, "Bulls, Bears, and Dancing Boys: Race, Gender, and Leisure in California Gold Rush," illustrated how Anglo-men in mining towns got by without Anglo-Saxon women present. The pattern of behavior of men during the California Gold Rush is reminiscent of the female gender roles assumed by men early in the founding of Jamestown, Virginia. However, factors such as; inadequacy, leisure, and conflicting cultural concepts of femininity and race in California have created more exaggerated distortions in the behavior of Anglo-Saxon men. The author focused on Alfred Doten, John Doble, and Timothy Osborn because they exemplify the prevalent struggles that Anglo men succumbed to during the Gold Rush. Alfred Doten arrived in California young, arrogant and inexperienced. He believed he was entitled to success because he was an Anglo-man; unfortunately, like many Anglo men who ventured to California, he was disabled in a mining accident. Programmed with Protestant ideas about women, it also experienced a culture clash in California. He naively pursued and misunderstood the sexual motives of matrilineal Native women. (25) Furthermore, like many Anglo-Saxon men in this environment, he took part in sexual relations with other men for comfort. (25) I believe his sexual flexibility may have arisen from his feelings of insecurity. John Doble took a different path, he tried to uphold his Anglo-Protestant values. He resisted the temptation of women, but still fell victim to other temptations through gambling and drinking. It also exhibited “homosocial behavior,” (20) men formed bonds to cope with the lack of “adequate women” and “society.” Doble had close ties to a man he admired because he represented his ideal of morality. Finally, T...... half of the paper ...... with "sex, alcohol and gambling" during the gold rush. The more they engaged in these activities, the worse they probably felt, as they failed to be real men who displayed self-control. The idea of ​​the role of women was harmfully ingrained in Anglo-Saxon men, it was probably easier for them to excuse their immorality rather than take responsibility for their actions. As a result, non-Anglo women benefited from the lack of Anglo women present and expanded. accepted ideas of femininity. Mexican women achieved high status; they were unattainable and took on traditional gender roles such as preparing food. Additionally, French women gained power by supervising gambling and bars. Ultimately, the lack of women, the financial power of non-Anglo-Saxons, unsuccessful mining, and cultural clashes commonly worked together to move Anglo-Saxon men into the gold rush..