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Schools As Training Grounds For Harassment, Ann C. Mcginley
Schools As Training Grounds For Harassment, Ann C. Mcginley
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This article deals with the schools’ role in permitting and encouraging peer sex- and gender-based harassment of children and the law’s role in failing to hold schools accountable for their negligent and intentional behavior in sanctioning it. Part I discusses the evidence of rampant sex- and gender-based harassment in schools. Part II analyzes the problem through the lens of masculinities theory and explains how cultural notions of masculinity create incentives for boys (and some girls) to engage in peer sex- and gender-based harassment.
Part III analyzes court cases and OCR decisions and explains the serious disconnect between the two; it …