An Ethnographic Exploration of Adolescent Homophobic Language in a Rural Religiously-Conservative High School

Autor/inn/en	Bailey, Benjamin M.; Heath, Melissa Allen; Jackson, Aaron P.; Ward, Carol; Black, Amelia; Cooper, Emily; Griner, Derek; Shafer, Kevin
Titel	An Ethnographic Exploration of Adolescent Homophobic Language in a Rural Religiously-Conservative High School
Quelle	In: Journal of LGBT Youth, 19 (2022) 2, S.217-245 (29 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1936-1653
DOI	10.1080/19361653.2020.1788479
Schlagwörter	Social Bias; LGBTQ People; Adolescents; Language Usage; Grade 12; High School Seniors; Student Behavior; School Culture; Bullying; Religious Factors; Rural Schools; Interaction; Sexuality; Masculinity; Adults; Antisocial Behavior; Gender Bias + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Adolescent; Adolescence; Adoleszenz; Jugend; Jugendalter; Jugendlicher; Sprachgebrauch; School year 12; 12. Schuljahr; Schuljahr 12; Student behaviour; Schülerverhalten; Schulkultur; Schulleben; Mobbing; Rural area; Rural areas; School; Schools; Ländlicher Raum; Schule; Schulen; Interaktion; Sexualität; Männlichkeit; Geschlechterstereotyp
Abstract	Multiple qualitative and quantitative studies have investigated homophobic language and its associated correlates. However, very few studies have approached this phenomenon from an ethnographic methodology. Furthermore, no studies to date have used an ethnography to study this language in a conservative religious community. In this study, the primary researcher conducted semi-structured interviews with 20 randomly selected males, all 12th-grade students attending a rural high school and conducted 102 hours of observations in the high school they attended. Utilizing a phenomenological hermeneutic method, a group of researchers analyzed the interviews and observations. Based on interpretations from this analysis, findings indicated that students used HL to marginalize other students; to both challenge adult authority and emulate admired adults; to get attention and assert authority by using rebellious and taboo language; to explore their sexuality and masculinity; to police sexuality and masculinity within the parameters of religious beliefs and expected roles; and to increase group cohesion. The researchers explored each of these themes and considered how adolescents both shape and are shaped by their within-group culture, their school culture, and their personal beliefs. To conclude, the researchers suggest group-based strategies for a more accepting school culture that decreases adolescents' use of HL. (As Provided).
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