The declining significance of homophobia : how teenage boys are redefining masculinity and heterosexuality /
Research has traditionally shown high schools to be hostile environments for LGBT youth. Boys have used homophobia to prove their masculinity and distance themselves from homosexuality. Despite these findings over the last three decades, The Declining Significance of Homophobia tells a different sto...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Oxford ; New York :
Oxford University Press,
©2012.
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| Series: | Sexuality, identity, and society series.
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| Online Access: | Connect to the full text of this electronic book |
| Summary: | Research has traditionally shown high schools to be hostile environments for LGBT youth. Boys have used homophobia to prove their masculinity and distance themselves from homosexuality. Despite these findings over the last three decades, The Declining Significance of Homophobia tells a different story. Drawing on fieldwork and interviews of young men in three British high schools, Dr. Mark McCormack shows how heterosexual male students are inclusive of their gay peers and proud of their pro-gay attitudes. He finds that being gay does not negatively affect a boy's popularity, but being homophob. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xxix, 166 pages) : illustrations |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780199778485 0199778485 1280593725 9781280593727 9780199933051 0199933057 |