Being Boys: Shaping gender norms to weaken rape culture

By Gerald Walton and Gianluca Agostinelli

Can boys really be boys? Gerald Walton and Gianluca Agostinelli say, "yes" - but not without reservation. As accomplished scholars and educators on gender and learning, they advocate for the disruption of usual ideas about masculinity and how it shows in the thoughts, attitudes, and behaviours of boys and men. These ideas aredisseminated and val

• Language: English
• Publisher: DIO Press Inc
• Release date: Jun 2, 2021
• ISBN: 9781645041405

Gerald Walton

Gerald Walton earned his PhD at Queen's University in 2006 and is now a Professor in the Faculty of Education at Lakehead University. The editor of The gay agenda: Claiming space, identity, and justice (Peter Lang, 2014) and an award-winning educator, Dr. Walton's scholarship and teaching focus on bullying, violence, and social responsibility as it connects to privilege.

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