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Negotiating masculinities and learning to 'be a man' at school in New Delhi, India
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posted on 2023-06-15, 20:54 authored by Padmini IyerSchools are seen as crucial sites in which young people ‘learn’ gender, both directly and indirectly. Nayak & Kehilly (2008) have argued that schools are ‘one of the most formative arenas in which young people experience and contribute to the (re)production of social norms’, including those relating to gender and sexuality. Meanwhile, last year, the Justice Verma Commission called for schools to ‘act as counter-socialisers to tackle gender bias and discrimination’ (Verma et al 2013). This paper draws on findings from my multi-method PhD study, which focuses on young people's experiences of learning about gender and sexuality in three co-educational, English-medium secondary schools in New Delhi, India. The paper focuses on the ways in which boys negotiated masculinities and learned to 'become men' in their everyday lives at school. Findings are discussed in three main areas; how schools act as agents in reproducing masculinities; how students themselves are agents in (re)producing masculinities at schools; and other sites of learning which contribute to boys' understandings of 'being a man'.
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2nd MenEngage Global SymposiumEvent location
India Habitat Centre, New DelhiEvent type
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10th - 13th NovemberDepartment affiliated with
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