'Everyone Knows Someone in an Unhealthy Relationship': Young People's Talk about Intimate Heterosexual Relationships in England

Autor/inn/en	Abbott, Keeley; Weckesser, Annalise; Egan, Helen
Titel	'Everyone Knows Someone in an Unhealthy Relationship': Young People's Talk about Intimate Heterosexual Relationships in England
Quelle	In: Sex Education: Sexuality, Society and Learning, 21 (2021) 3, S.304-318 (15 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1468-1811
DOI	10.1080/14681811.2020.1801407
Schlagwörter	Foreign Countries; Sexuality; Sexual Orientation; Intimacy; Violence; Adolescents; Interpersonal Relationship; Gender Bias; Dating (Social); Social Bias; Power Structure; Sex Stereotypes; Secondary School Students; Gender Differences; Social Influences; United Kingdom (England) + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Ausland; Sexualität; Sexuelle Orientierung; Intimität; Gewalt; Adolescent; Adolescence; Adoleszenz; Jugend; Jugendalter; Jugendlicher; Interpersonal relation; Interpersonal relations; Interpersonelle Beziehung; Zwischenmenschliche Beziehung; Geschlechterstereotyp; Sekundarschüler; Geschlechterkonflikt; Sozialer Einfluss
Abstract	Research suggests that intimate relationship violence and coercive control are prevalent in young people's relationships. Furthermore, young people often fail to recognise such behaviour as abuse. While such findings indicate the normalisation of controlling and coercive behaviours amongst young people, there is little focus on how these behaviours are normalised. This paper presents findings from a study exploring young people's experiences and expectations of intimate relationships. Focus groups were conducted with young people (aged 13 to 18 years) in schools in the West Midlands, England. Young people talked of navigating precarious and competitive heterosexual relationships. Their expectations and negotiations of these relationships often upheld and reinforced gender double standards around dating practices. Young people's discussion also highlighted how they came to accept and rationalise controlling and coercive behaviours as 'love', 'care' and 'protection', legitimising these practices as reasonable. Heteronormativity remains a dominant discourse shaping young people's experiences and expectations of relationships with coercion and control being defining features of this discourse. Supporting young people to critically examine constructs of heterosexuality and gender norms should be a key component of England's forthcoming statutory Relationship and Sex Education. (As Provided).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2022/1/01