Skill and Persistence in Gender Crossing and Nonconformity Among Children.
Abstract
ABSTRACT
Several scholars have lauded gender crossing as one pathway for tearing down hierarchies of gender and sexuality. Central but often under-examined in their discussions is understanding the skill and persistence of childhood gender nonconformists. In examining some of these skills, this article investigates their relationship to specific social situations or geographic locations and considers their psychological and corporeal aspects. These skills, asserts the author, may prove to have significant implications for a classroom aimed at combating oppression of gender and sexuality premised upon discretely defined genders.
Department
Education
Publication Date
2007
Journal Title
Journal of Gay & Lesbian Issues in Education
Publisher
Taylor & Francis
Digital Object Identifier (DOI)
10.1300/J367v04n02_03
Document Type
Article
Recommended Citation
Stitzlein, Sarah M. Skill and Persistence in Gender Crossing and Non-Conformity. Journal of Gay and Lesbian Issues in Education 4, no. 2 (2007): 13-31. doi:10.1300/J367v04n02_03