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• Pupils' sexual and gender identities


  School experiences create pupils sexual and gender identities
• Hegemonic masculinity


  • The dominance of heterosexual masculine identity and subordination of female and gay identities
• Double standards


  Moral standards apply to only one group
• Double standards


  • Boys boast about sexual exploits and girls get called 'slags' if she doesn't have a boyfriend or dresses and speaks in a certain way
• Verbal abuse


  Dominant identities are reinforced through name calling-> 'slags' if they appear sexual and 'drags' if they don't
• Verbal abuse


  • Boys who are friendly with girls are labelled as 'gay', 'queer'
• The male gaze


  The way in which male teachers and pupils look girls up and down seeing them as sexual objects
• The male gaze


  • Reinforces masculinity and devalues femininity
• Female peer groups


  • Girls need to be viewed as loyal friends whilst having relationships
  • They risk being 'slut shamed' and excluded from their friendship group or being 'frigid shamed'
• Different forms of shaming

  Police identities
• Teachers and discipline


  • Male teachers tell boys off for behaving like girls and teased them for getting lower marks than girls
  • Male teachers showing a protective attitude towards female teachers women cannot cope
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