Martínez Martín, IreneBernardo San José, AliciaSolbes Canales, Irene2023-12-202023-12-202021Alicia 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: 10.1080/14681811.2021.19842231468-181110.1080/14681811.2021.1984223https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/91605The 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.engAttribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 Internationalhttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/journal article1472-0825https://doi.org/10.1080/14681811.2021.1984223https://produccioncientifica.ucm.es/documentos/618f9cdd4fa218568b4daaf8restricted access373373.5159.923.2-055.4Gender identityGender categoriesDiscourse analysisSecondary school studentsCiencias SocialesEducaciónEnseñanza secundariaEducación social58 Pedagogía5899 Otras Especialidades Pedagógicas