Race, Class, and Emerging Adolescent Sexuality: Teacher Perceptions and Sexual Harrassment in Schools
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
6-24-2011
Publication Title
Gender and Education
DOI
10.1080/09540253.2010.536143
ISSN
1360-0516
Abstract
Sexual harassment is a highly troubling gendered phenomenon that plagues young women on a daily basis. The way in which sexual harassment is perceived and treated is varied and is largely based on racial and class stereotypes. This paper highlights the findings from a study in which a group of middle and high school teachers were interviewed and their perceptions of sexual harassment on their campuses were discussed. What was revealed throughout this study was the way in which many teachers’ notions of sexuality are conceptualised through their notions of class and race. This paper addresses how such racial and class stereotypes veil the sexual victimisation of many young women.
Recommended Citation
Rahimi, Regina, Delores D. Liston.
2011.
"Race, Class, and Emerging Adolescent Sexuality: Teacher Perceptions and Sexual Harrassment in Schools."
Gender and Education, 23 (7): 799-810: Taylor & Francis Online.
doi: 10.1080/09540253.2010.536143
https://digitalcommons.georgiasouthern.edu/curriculum-facpubs/31
