RT Journal Article
T1 ‘It depends entirely on the person’: Freedom and inequality in Spanish youth gender discourses
A1 Martínez Martín, Irene
A1 Bernardo San José, Alicia
A1 Solbes Canales, Irene
AB The study of contemporary youth gender cultures within an educational context illustrates the emergence of new possibilities of selfexpression as well as more favourable attitudes towards diversity, at a time when stereotypical gender mandates still persist. This study aimed to deepen understanding of gender identity construction by analysing conversations with 14 students in a secondary school on the southern outskirts of the Community of Madrid. The selected students stood out among the rest due to a combination of high social status and an understanding of gender categories as less stereotyped and rigid. Analysis showed how monoglossic meanings may be confronted by experience within one’s close environment – that contradicts or reaffirms the norm, as well as by personal beliefs and desires. The result is a complex process of adjustment, which swings between believing in individual choice, personal experiences of inequality, and the need to feel part of the group.
PB Taylor & Francis
SN 1468-1811
YR 2021
FD 2021
LK https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/91605
UL https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/91605
LA eng
NO Alicia Bernardos, Irene Martínez-Martín & Irene Solbes-Canales (2021): ‘It depends entirely on the person’: freedom and inequality in Spanish youth gender discourses, Sex Education, DOI: 10.1080/14681811.2021.1984223
NO Universidad Complutense de Madrid
DS Docta Complutense
RD 18 abr 2025