Sexuality and Gender in Children's Daily Worlds

Thorne, Barrie; Luria, Zella

doi:10.1525/sp.1986.33.3.03a00020

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“…Building on Thorne and Luria's (1986) notion of “fag talk,” fag discourse conceptualized a gendered form of homophobia. Here, the purpose was not necessarily to regulate sexuality, but instead to regulate boys’ behaviors.…”

Section: Changing Use Of Languagementioning

confidence: 99%

Mapping the Terrain of Homosexually-Themed Language

McCormack

2011

Journal of Homosexuality

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In this article, I present a new model for understanding homosexually-themed language. By detailing how old conceptualizations of homophobic language no longer maintain heuristic utility in explaining the social dynamics of many sport and educational settings, I situate other conceptualizations of homosexually-themed language depending on the cultural context. I argue that whether language is considered homophobic, or whether it is better conceptualized as fag discourse, gay discourse or pro-gay language, is primarily dependent on the homohysteria of a setting. This model should enable scholars and educators to understand the operation of homosexually-themed language in society and properly evaluate the homophobia of a setting.

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Section: Changing Use Of Languagementioning

confidence: 99%

Mapping the Terrain of Homosexually-Themed Language

McCormack

2011

Journal of Homosexuality

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“…There is ample evidence from the stress and mental health literature that females tend to be higher in social support (particularly emotional) than males (Turner, 1999), and this may aid in reducing many types of deviant behavior and encouraging positive coping strategies. Likewise, gendered socialization encourages the expression of anger and competition among males, particularly in male peer groups (Thorne & Luria, 1986), and this may encourage more confrontational and aggressive types of crimes.…”

Section: Theoretical Frameworkmentioning

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Gendered Responses to Serious Strain: The Argument for a General Strain Theory of Deviance

Kaufman¹

2009

Justice Quarterly

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This paper expands and builds on newer avenues in research on gender and general strain theory (GST). I accomplish this by focusing on serious strains that are relevant for males and females, including externalizing and internalizing forms of negative emotions, and including multiple gendered deviant outcomes. Using the Add Health dataset, I find strong support for the impact of serious strains on both types of negative emotions and different forms of deviance for males and females. However, the experience of serious strain, emotionally and behaviorally, is gendered. Depressive symptoms are particularly important for all types of deviance by females. Including multiple types of deviant outcomes offers a fuller understanding of both similarities and differences by gender. These results support the utility of GST as a theory of deviance in general and support greater connections between GST, feminist theorizing, and the sociology of mental health.

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“…Thus, gender non-conformity is interpreted as evidence of homosexuality and punished accordingly, and gender non-conforming sexual minorities are particularly victimized (Gordon and Meyer 2007;Schope and Eliason 2003). In this context, homophobia is a powerful policing agent of gender, as individuals regulate their own and others' behaviors to retain heterosexual privilege (Thorne and Luria 1986). Homophobia has therefore been equated with masculinity for U.S. males (Kimmel 1994).…”

Section: Regulating Sexuality and Gendermentioning

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“…Male peer group culture is particularly salient in establishing hierarchies of masculinities, and the policing of males' behaviors by other men is central to maintaining a heteromasculine identity (Bird 1996). This includes marginalizing other boys through discursive regulation, homophobic jokes and physical bullying (Thorne and Luria 1986). In 7 order to demonstrate one's heteromasculinity, males distance themselves from artifacts and behaviors socially coded as feminine or/thus homosexual (Pronger 1990).…”

Section: Regulating Sexuality and Gendermentioning

confidence: 99%

The Influence of Declining Homophobia on Men’s Gender in the United States: An Argument for the Study of Homohysteria

2014

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(2014) 'The inuence of declining homophobia on men's gender in the United States : an argument for the study of homohysteria.', Sex roles., 71 (3-4). pp. 109-120. Further information on publisher's website:http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11199-014-0358-8Publisher's copyright statement:The nal publication is available at Springer via http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11199-014-0358-8. Additional information:Use policyThe full-text may be used and/or reproduced, and given to third parties in any format or medium, without prior permission or charge, for personal research or study, educational, or not-for-prot purposes provided that:• a full bibliographic reference is made to the original source • a link is made to the metadata record in DRO • the full-text is not changed in any way The full-text must not be sold in any format or medium without the formal permission of the copyright holders.Please consult the full DRO policy for further details. exists into the effects of the liberalization of sexual attitudes on these groups. In this forum, we call for scholarly engagement with a relatively new arena of masculinities studies: the impact of decreasing homophobia on socially acceptable gendered behaviors among heterosexual males in the U.S. We offer homohysteria as a concept to examine the impact of heterosexual male's fear of being thought gay; suggesting that homohysteria is an effective heurism for investigating micro-and macro-level processes relating homophobia to masculinity. Our thesis is that as homohysteria declines, heterosexual males are able to engage in homosocial relationships characterized by a number of positive traits, including:the social inclusion of gay male peers; the embrace of once-feminized artifacts; increased emotional intimacy; increased physical tactility; the erosion of the one-time rule of homosexuality; and a rejection of violence. We focus solely upon heterosexual males and their attitudes toward gay males because these are the demographics of the participants in the empirical research in this area. We then highlight eight key areas where further research could both develop homohysteria as a concept and enhance understanding of social life.

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Sexuality and Gender in Children's Daily Worlds

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Mapping the Terrain of Homosexually-Themed Language

Mapping the Terrain of Homosexually-Themed Language

Gendered Responses to Serious Strain: The Argument for a General Strain Theory of Deviance

The Influence of Declining Homophobia on Men’s Gender in the United States: An Argument for the Study of Homohysteria

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