The need for a gender-specific reading of bullying is apparent from an examination and assessment of the literature, and the consequent recognition of the gap created in the literature by the practice of reading social phenomena as universal and gender neutral. Taking feminist and intersectional considerations of gender education as its starting point and based on the data collected through five focus groups conducted with female adult students in three schools in Verona, the article explores the articulation of female bullying at school. Interpreting the dynamics of bullying in the light of sex and social constructs related to gender identity offers new understandings of aggression between girls, which is otherwise treated as the same as that between boys. In this paper, we consider the principal behavioral patterns that emerge in the study relating to corporality in its material and aesthetic dimensions. During adolescence, bodies rebel, becoming arenas and battlefields for the affirmation of girls’ identity.
Leggere il bullismo attraverso una prospettiva di genere è un’esigenza maturata grazie al riconoscimento di un gap presente in letteratura che legge i fenomeni sociali come universali neutro-maschili. A partire dalla riflessione femminista e intersezionale sull’educazione di genere e sulla base dei dati raccolti attraverso cinque focus group condotti in tre scuole veronesi con studentesse maggiorenni, l’articolo approfondisce l’articolazione del bullismo femminile a scuola. Interpretare la dinamica del bullismo alla luce della sessuazione e delle costruzioni sociali relative all’identità di genere apre a nuovi significati sull’aggressività tra ragazze altrimenti omologati a quelli tra ragazzi. In questo saggio, ci soffermeremo sui principali pattern comportamentali emersi dall’indagine e che riguardano la corporeità nella sua dimensione materiale ed estetica. In adolescenza i corpi si ribellano, diventando arene e campi di battaglia per l’affermazione identitaria delle ragazze.
Corpi ribelli: bullizzate e bulle nella transizione identitaria adolescenziale
De Vita, Antonietta;Vittori, Francesco
2022-01-01
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The need for a gender-specific reading of bullying is apparent from an examination and assessment of the literature, and the consequent recognition of the gap created in the literature by the practice of reading social phenomena as universal and gender neutral. Taking feminist and intersectional considerations of gender education as its starting point and based on the data collected through five focus groups conducted with female adult students in three schools in Verona, the article explores the articulation of female bullying at school. Interpreting the dynamics of bullying in the light of sex and social constructs related to gender identity offers new understandings of aggression between girls, which is otherwise treated as the same as that between boys. In this paper, we consider the principal behavioral patterns that emerge in the study relating to corporality in its material and aesthetic dimensions. During adolescence, bodies rebel, becoming arenas and battlefields for the affirmation of girls’ identity.File | Dimensione | Formato | |
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