1st Edition

Sexual Bullying Gender Conflict and Pupil Culture in Secondary Schools

By Neil Duncan Copyright 1999
190 Pages
by Routledge

190 Pages
by Routledge

192 Pages
by Routledge

Bullying is one of the most destructive but common social practices that young people experience in schools, and one of the most difficult for teachers to manage successfully. Sexual bullying is even more difficult to deal with. Most adults can recall the important part sexual reputation played in the hierarchies of peer-group popularity during secondary schooling. The significance of this... Read more
Chapter 1 Boy troubles; Chapter 2 Girl troubles; Chapter 3 Age differences in adolescent relationships; Chapter 4 The ideology of age seniority; Chapter 5 The culture of feminine violence; Chapter 6 Homophobias: intra-gender policing; Chapter 7 Summary of findings: the importance of being gendered; Chapter 8 Analysis, discussion and wild speculation;

Biography

Neil Duncan is Senior Lecturer in Education at the University of Wolverhampton.