Hair Harassment in Urban Schools and How It Shapes the Physical Activity of Black Adolescent Girls

Autor/in	O'Brien-Richardson, Patricia
Titel	Hair Harassment in Urban Schools and How It Shapes the Physical Activity of Black Adolescent Girls
Quelle	In: Urban Review: Issues and Ideas in Public Education, 51 (2019) 3, S.523-534 (12 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (O'Brien-Richardson, Patricia)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0042-0972
DOI	10.1007/s11256-019-00500-x
Schlagwörter	Bullying; Urban Schools; Physical Activities; African American Students; Females; Physical Characteristics; Human Body; Adolescents; Physical Education; Peer Relationship; Secondary School Students; Self Concept + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Mobbing; Urban area; Urban areas; School; Schools; Stadtregion; Stadt; Schule; African Americans; Student; Students; Afroamerikaner; Schüler; Schülerin; Studentin; Weibliches Geschlecht; Körperliche Erscheinung; Menschlicher Körper; Adolescent; Adolescence; Adoleszenz; Jugend; Jugendalter; Jugendlicher; Körpererziehung; Sportunterricht; Peer-Beziehungen; Sekundarschüler; Selbstkonzept
Abstract	Hair harassment can be defined as the direct or indirect unwanted, unwelcomed, and offensive behavior made either explicitly or implicitly typically towards women or girls of African descent, based on the texture, look, or subjective assumptions of their hair. The purpose of this investigation is to explore the hair experiences of adolescent girls of African descent in physical education class, and how these experiences shape their decision to participate in physical education class. Thirty-seven adolescent girls of African descent attending school in an urban, low-income community participated in focus groups and follow-up interviews relating to hair experiences. Strong themes of hair harassment emerged occurring socially via peers, physical touching of hair, and verbal comments regarding their hair during physical education class, and society-imposed harassment stemming from pressures to constantly have straight or neatly styled, non-sweaty hair. During the stage of adolescence, girls are exploring their identity and making decisions about who they will be, how they should look, and behave. Findings from this study suggests harassment and bullying policies in schools should extend to include hair harassment for its propensity to influence the self-image of girls and their decisions to participate in physical education class. (As Provided).
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Update	2020/1/01