Declining Significance of Homophobia

by Mark McCormack

Book Overview

Research has traditionally shown high schools to be hostile environments for LGBT youth. Boys have used homophobia to prove their masculinity and distance themselves from homosexuality. Despite these findings over the last three decades, The Declining Significance of Homophobia tells a different story. Drawing on fieldwork and interviews of young men in three British high schools, Dr. Mark McCormack shows how heterosexual male students are inclusive...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0199778248
• ISBN13: 9780199778249
• Release Date: March 2012
• Publisher: OUP Us
• Length: 208 Pages
• Weight: 0.88 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.2" x 9.3"