This reports on adolescents males construction of masculinity through media production (and adolescent femals responses) in a seventh grade social studies classroom. It revealed how boys and girls in a middle school classroom participated in masculinitys construction, which they expressed through six "masculine themes" (masculinity-through-competition, -domination, -revulsion, -sexism, -racism, and -heteronormativity). It identified masculine themes as students created and presented projects for the teachers social studies unit on media. These themes, the researcher found, successfully...
This reports on adolescents males construction of masculinity through media production (and adolescent femals responses) in a seventh grade social stu...