Gender and Sexuality in High School

Artivismo como recurso para la promoción de la igualdad de género y el respeto a la diversidad sexual: convocatorias de arte público en contextos universitarios

“…Las aproximaciones más recientes al estudio de la desigualdad de género y la intolerancia a la diversidad sexual enfatizan la idea de que en la base de ambas problemáticas se encuentra un mismo problema: el estigma del machismo (e.g., Adams, Nagoshi, Filip-Crawford, Terrell y Nagoshi, 2016;Bragg, Renold, Ringrose y Jackson, 2018;Harrison y Michelson, 2018;Herek, 2009;Pascoe y Herrera, 2018). El machismo a su vez desencadena un tipo de discriminación y violencia que afecta a personas con múltiples rasgos de identidad interconectados.…”

Exploring the Social Implications of Patriarchal Influences in Schools

“…Mainstream media representations also play a role in reinforcing ideas about what it means to be a "real" man in our society. In most media portrayals, male characters are rewarded for self-control and the control of others, aggression and violence, financial independence, and physical desirability [25]. Children Now, a California-based organization that examines the impact of media on children and youth, released a report arguing that the media's portrayal of men tends to reinforce men's social dominance: "the majority of male characters in media are heterosexual, male characters are more often associated with the public sphere of work, rather than the private sphere of the home, and issues and problems related to work are more significant than personal issues and that nonwhite male characters are more likely to experience personal problems and are more likely to use physical aggression or violence to solve those problems" [3, p. 1].…”

Gendering Social Studies: Teachers’ Intended and Enacted Curriculum and Student Diffraction

“…Regarding gender, scholars have suggested heterosexuality is implicitly taught as the normative sexual relationship (Mayo, 2017;Mayo & Sheppard, 2012;Pascoe, 2012;Pascoe & Herrera, 2018;Schmidt, 2010). This heteronormative discourse is deeply etched into the explicit, implicit, and hidden curricula.…”