Gender Identity within school

Question 1

Boys + girls verbal abuse

Verbal Abuse

Answer 1

• Boys call girls ‘slags/sluts’ if they appear to be sexually available and ‘fragile’ if not.
• Negative language like ‘gay, queer, faggot’ are used to police each others’ sexual identity = boys.

Question 2

Male peers

Answer 2

• Boys who do well are labelled as gay.
• Macho w/c lads criticise/abuse w/c boys who work hard and aspire to be m/c

Question 3

Male Gaze

Answer 3

Male pupils and teachers look girls up and down and see them as sexual objects.

This is a form of surveillance, reinforcing hetero-masculinity and devaluing femininity.

Question 4

Haywood