Boys Keep Swinging? Sex-Composition of the School and Pressure for Gender-Conformity

Autor/in	Van Houtte, Mieke
Titel	Boys Keep Swinging? Sex-Composition of the School and Pressure for Gender-Conformity
Quelle	In: Gender and Education, 33 (2021) 3, S.355-371 (17 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0954-0253
DOI	10.1080/09540253.2020.1765995
Schlagwörter	Secondary School Students; Gender Issues; Sex Role; Gender Differences; Foreign Countries; Sexual Identity; Sex Stereotypes; Peer Influence; Early Adolescents; Institutional Characteristics; Student Characteristics; Self Concept; Masculinity; Femininity; Belgium + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Sekundarschüler; Geschlechterfrage; Geschlechterrolle; Geschlechterkonflikt; Ausland; Geschlechtsidentität; Sexuelle Identität; Selbstkonzept; Männlichkeit; Femaleness; Weiblichkeit; Belgien
Abstract	This study assesses the effect of secondary schools' sex-composition on boys' and girls' felt pressure for gender-conformity. Whereas gender-conformity pressure affects adolescents' well-being, little large-scale research examines school features' influence. Multilevel-analyses are conducted on representative Flemish data of first grade students, 2688 boys and 2430 girls, in 57 secondary schools, gathered at the beginning of school-year 2012/13 and the end of 2013/14. When estimating the effects on gender-conformity pressure at time 2, the gender-conformity pressure at time 1 is accounted for. For girls, no effects of the school's sex-composition are found. Boys in schools with more girls display lower levels of felt pressure at the start of secondary education. The felt pressure at time 2 increases with the proportion of girls, indicating that boys forming a numerical minority at school, report more growth in gender-conformity pressure. This effect is stronger for boys holding more traditional gender-role attitudes. (As Provided).
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Update	2024/1/01