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Being Boys

Shaping gender norms to weaken rape culture
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Can boys really be boys? Gerald Walton and Gianluca Agostinelli say, "yes" - but not without reservation. As accomplished scholars and educators on gender and learning, they advocate for the disruption of usual ideas about masculinity and how it shows in the thoughts, attitudes, and behaviours of boys and men. These ideas aredisseminated and validated through pop culture, schooling, athletics, social media, family, places of worship, playgrounds, pornography, and other sites of learning. With sharp, feminist-informed analyses of contemporary events and news stories, Walton and Agostinelli present a 'heads up' to boys and men: the problem of sexual violence against girls and women is ours to address and work through. Their purpose is to prevent sexual assault by challenging the pressures and expectations of what it means to be a man in today's society. Some men respond to their call with threats and hostility. Yet, these reactions justify Walton's and Agostinelli's argument that the gender norms rationalized and reinforced daily are the very roots of the problematic and even egregious conduct of some boys and men. If sexual violence is a learned behaviour, then it can certainly be unlearned in the process of boys being boys.

Author Biography:

Gerald Walton earned his PhD at Queen's University in 2006 and is now a Professor in the Faculty of Education at Lakehead University. The editor of The gay agenda: Claiming space, identity, and justice (Peter Lang, 2014) and an award-winning educator, Dr. Walton's scholarship and teaching focus on bullying, violence, and social responsibility as it connects to privilege. Gianluca Agostinelli (MA, M.Ed., OCT) is Professor of English & Communications at Niagara College, Occasional and Continuing Education Teacher with the Niagara Catholic District School Board, and Education Instructor and Practicum Advisor at Brock University, where he is completing a SSHRC-funded Ph.D. in Educational Studies.
Release date Australia
June 2nd, 2021
Audience
  • General (US: Trade)
Pages
204
Dimensions
156x234x13
ISBN-13
9781645041399
Product ID
35199504

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