Abstract
Language | English |
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Pages | 17-30 |
Number of pages | 14 |
Journal | Gender and Education |
Volume | 22 |
Issue number | 1 |
Early online date | 24 Apr 2009 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 1 Jan 2010 |
Externally published | Yes |
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Keywords
- gender
- interpersonal violence
- intimate relationships
- masculinity
- young people
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Becoming a 'proper man' : young people's attitudes about interpersonal violence and perceptions of gender. / McCarry, Melanie.
In: Gender and Education, Vol. 22, No. 1, 01.01.2010, p. 17-30.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
TY - JOUR
T1 - Becoming a 'proper man'
T2 - Gender and Education
AU - McCarry, Melanie
PY - 2010/1/1
Y1 - 2010/1/1
N2 - Whilst public awareness campaigns, interventions and legal reforms have done much to challenge gendered interpersonal violence, the incidence and prevalence of this violence is not decreasing. Furthermore, research with young people reveals significant acceptance and tolerance of interpersonal violence if perpetrated by men within the parameters of an intimate heterosexual relationship. Empirical data from a study with young people in Glasgow will be used in this article to explore young people's attitudes about gendered interpersonal abuse and violence and young people's perceptions of gender roles and specifically 'masculinity'. It is argued that in order to understand the continued tolerance of male abuse/violence, it is necessary to appreciate how young people conceptualise the role of women and men within intimate heterosexual relationships.
AB - Whilst public awareness campaigns, interventions and legal reforms have done much to challenge gendered interpersonal violence, the incidence and prevalence of this violence is not decreasing. Furthermore, research with young people reveals significant acceptance and tolerance of interpersonal violence if perpetrated by men within the parameters of an intimate heterosexual relationship. Empirical data from a study with young people in Glasgow will be used in this article to explore young people's attitudes about gendered interpersonal abuse and violence and young people's perceptions of gender roles and specifically 'masculinity'. It is argued that in order to understand the continued tolerance of male abuse/violence, it is necessary to appreciate how young people conceptualise the role of women and men within intimate heterosexual relationships.
KW - gender
KW - interpersonal violence
KW - intimate relationships
KW - masculinity
KW - young people
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U2 - 10.1080/09540250902749083
DO - 10.1080/09540250902749083
M3 - Article
VL - 22
SP - 17
EP - 30
JO - Gender and Education
JF - Gender and Education
SN - 0954-0253
IS - 1
ER -