TY  - SER
AU  - Horeck, Tanya
AU  - Ringrose, Jessica
AU  - Milne, Betsy
AU  - Mendes, Kaitlynn
TI  - #MeToo in British schools : : gendered differences in teenagers’ awareness of sexual violence
PY  - 2023///
PB  - Sage, 
KW  - ADOLESCENTS
KW  - ATTITUDES
KW  - GENDER
KW  - SEXUAL VIOLENCE
KW  - SOCIAL MEDIA
KW  - VOICES OF CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE
KW  - YOUNG MEN
KW  - YOUNG WOMEN
KW  - INTERNATIONAL
KW  - UNITED KINGDOM
N1  - European Journal of Cultural Studies, 2023, First published online, 19 August 2023
N2  - This article explores how British secondary school students responded to and made sense of the rising public awareness of sexual violence in British society that emerged during lockdowns for COVID-19. Based on the findings from a 2021–2022 study conducted in five secondary schools, the article explores the gendered discrepancies in girls’ and boys’ awareness of violence against girls and women. In particular, it examines how the youth participants in this study responded to two related media stories during lockdown: the news of Sarah Everard’s kidnapping and murder by a police officer and the viral spread of sexual abuse testimonies on the ‘Everyone’s Invited’ Instagram page and website. The article demonstrates how girls were more likely to experience, recognize, and discuss sexual violence, in part due to feminist consciousness raising during lockdown via digital technologies like Instagram and TikTok. Although some boys did recognize the problem of violence against women, in general, they were much less aware of Sarah Everard’s murder and Everyone’s Invited and were prone to absorbing manosphere-like discourses around false rape accusations In focus groups, some boys deployed a defensive masculinity and adopted a discourse of male victimhood, which denied the scale and scope of violence against girls and women. However, through involving boys in focus group discussion with both us and their male peers about power and privilege, progress was made in challenging and counteracting rape myths and anti-feminist male victimization narratives. (Authors' abstract). Record #8348
UR  - https://doi.org/10.1177/13675494231191490
ER  -