Homophobia as a key element of homophobic bullying in school. Some voices from Rivas Vaciamadrid

Authors

  • Raquel Platero Mendez

Keywords:

Bullying, good practices, homophobia, sexism, student voices

Abstract

 Violence among peers is a problem that is arousing a growing interest in the media as well as in the community based intervention. Our argument is that homophobia and sexism are imbedded in own definition of this type of violence that we know as harassment among peers or bullying. Discrimination appears when gender norms are broken. Articulated into mechanisms such as name calling and using pejorative terms on masculinity and femininity; by using these terms what is an acceptable behaviour is defined in our schools. This article also shows some voices of students, teachers and professionals. All of them discuss non normative sexualities, providing us privileged hints on how to intervene preventing bullying.

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Published

2015-03-13

How to Cite

Platero Mendez, R. (2015). Homophobia as a key element of homophobic bullying in school. Some voices from Rivas Vaciamadrid. INFORMACIO PSICOLOGICA, (94), 71–83. Retrieved from https://informaciopsicologica.info/revista/article/view/240