Popular boys, the ideal schoolboy, and blended patterns of masculinity for 10- to 11-year-olds in two London schools

IF 3 3区 教育学 Q1 EDUCATION & EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH
Jon Swain
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Generating data from small group interviews with 41 boys aged 10–11 years from two London schools in 2022, this paper contributes to the field of gender by introducing a new form of non-hegemonic and positive masculinity, which I am calling ‘blended’ masculinity, and which was the most common formation in each school. Although its features differed a little in each setting, this blended formulation broadly consisted of orthodox qualities of masculinity (e.g. athleticism, assertiveness, confidence, independence), combined with feminine-associated traits (e.g. kindness, caring, sociability, emotional literacy). I argue that this blended form is different from previous conceptualisations of hybrid masculinity in the gender literature and is more akin to recent conceptions of hybrid femininity. There were no dominant forms of masculinity with hierarchical connotations of superiority, and no hegemony that legitimated unequal relations, with obvious subordination of other masculinities or femininities. Boys and girls generally got on well with each other and there was also no evidence of homophobia or misogyny. The paper also explores notions of peer-group popularity, which was based on a series of resources, and delineates the characteristics of a fictional, ‘ideal’, schoolboy, whose features and attributes were connected to the different versions of masculinity on show.

在伦敦的两所学校里,他是受欢迎的男孩,是理想的学生,也是10到11岁孩子的混合男子气概
从2022年对伦敦两所学校的41名10-11岁男孩的小组访谈中获得数据,本文通过介绍一种新的非霸权和积极的男子气概,为性别领域做出了贡献,我称之为“混合”男子气概,这是每所学校最常见的形式。尽管在不同的环境下,其特征略有不同,但这种混合配方大致包括正统的男性特质(如运动能力、果断、自信、独立),以及与女性相关的特质(如善良、关怀、社交能力、情感素养)。我认为这种混合形式不同于先前性别文学中对混合男性气质的概念,而更类似于最近对混合女性气质的概念。不存在具有等级优越感的男性主导形式,也不存在使不平等关系合法化的霸权,不存在其他男性或女性的明显从属关系。男孩和女孩通常相处得很好,也没有证据表明有恐同症或厌女症。这篇论文还探讨了基于一系列资源的同侪群体受欢迎程度的概念,并描绘了一个虚构的“理想”男生的特征,他的特征和属性与所展示的不同版本的男子气概有关。
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British Educational Research Journal
British Educational Research Journal EDUCATION & EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH-
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4.70
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期刊介绍: The British Educational Research Journal is an international peer reviewed medium for the publication of articles of interest to researchers in education and has rapidly become a major focal point for the publication of educational research from throughout the world. For further information on the association please visit the British Educational Research Association web site. The journal is interdisciplinary in approach, and includes reports of case studies, experiments and surveys, discussions of conceptual and methodological issues and of underlying assumptions in educational research, accounts of research in progress, and book reviews.
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