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040 _aAFVC
100 _aHoreck, Tanya
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245 _a#MeToo in British schools :
_bgendered differences in teenagers’ awareness of sexual violence
_cTanya Horeck, Jessica Ringrose, Betsy Milne and Kaitlynn Mendes
260 _bSage,
_c2023
500 _aEuropean Journal of Cultural Studies, 2023, First published online, 19 August 2023
520 _aThis 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
650 _aADOLESCENTS
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650 _aATTITUDES
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650 _aGENDER
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650 4 _aSEXUAL VIOLENCE
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650 _aSOCIAL MEDIA
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650 0 _aVOICES OF CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE
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650 _aYOUNG MEN
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650 _aYOUNG WOMEN
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651 _aINTERNATIONAL
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651 4 _aUNITED KINGDOM
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700 _aRingrose, Jessica
_912285
700 _aMilne, Betsy
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700 _aMendes, Kaitlynn
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773 0 _tEuropean Journal of Cultural Studies, 2023, First published online, 19 August 2023
830 _aEuropean Journal of Cultural Studies
_912286
856 _uhttps://doi.org/10.1177/13675494231191490
_zDOI: 10.1177/13675494231191490 (Open access)
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_cARTICLE
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