Abstract
Drawing on data collected for aresearch project at a state secondary school in North Queensland, this research paper reveals the problematic nature of narrow, "common-sense" understandings of boys and of discourse about them. The author holds that by constructing themselves as identifiably masculine subjects, boys engage in a sophisticated range of embodied "performance practices" and complex masculinities. The paper reveals how regarding these "performance practices" as "just boys being boys" results in the denigration; marginalisation, silencing and sexualising of girls. Finally, the paper critiques the Boys: Getting it right Report on the inquiry into the education of boys document (House of Representatives Standing Committee on Education and Training 2002).
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Youth Studies Australia
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Youth Studies Australia
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25
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1038-2569
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Australian Clearinghouse for Youth Studies
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Hobart, Australia
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