Adolescent Boys, Embodied Heteromasculinities and Sexual Violence

In this paper the author summarizes several life history case studies of adolescent boys who were identified at school as “wimps” and who eventually engaged in various forms of sexual violence. Such boys rarely are— if at all—discussed in the childhood, education and feminist literatures on sexual v...

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Main Author: James W. Messeschmidt
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: University of Ljubljana 2017-06-01
Series:Center for Educational Policy Studies Journal
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Online Access:https://ojs.cepsj.si/index.php/cepsj/article/view/172
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Summary:In this paper the author summarizes several life history case studies of adolescent boys who were identified at school as “wimps” and who eventually engaged in various forms of sexual violence. Such boys rarely are— if at all—discussed in the childhood, education and feminist literatures on sexual violence. The life stories reveal the interrelationship among inschool bullying, reflexivity, embodied structured action, and the social construction of heteromasculinities in the commission of sexual violence by subordinated boys. The author concludes by considering the implications the research has to the evolving discourses on social scientific conceptualizations of reflexive embodiment and heteromasculinities.
ISSN:1855-9719
2232-2647