Review of ‘That’s So Gay: Changing Homophobic Bullying,’ by Jonathan Charlesworth. London: Jessica Kingsley Publishers, 2015, cloth, 182 pp.
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The researcher Jonathan Charlesworth conducted a study and provided a British update on where education was headed in terms of stemming the bullying based on other students’ sexuality—or perceptions of it—across the pond. Still in 2015, it was necessary to speak of these damaging traditions and realities from the past: namely the use of control tactics and violence aimed at getting other students to act less “gay” and fit in the way other people feel they have the right to insist they should work to fit in.
Review of ‘That’s So Gay: Changing Homophobic Bullying,’ by Jonathan Charlesworth. London: Jessica Kingsley Publishers, 2015, cloth, 182 pp.
Review of ‘That’s So Gay: Changing Homophobic…
Review of ‘That’s So Gay: Changing Homophobic Bullying,’ by Jonathan Charlesworth. London: Jessica Kingsley Publishers, 2015, cloth, 182 pp.
The researcher Jonathan Charlesworth conducted a study and provided a British update on where education was headed in terms of stemming the bullying based on other students’ sexuality—or perceptions of it—across the pond. Still in 2015, it was necessary to speak of these damaging traditions and realities from the past: namely the use of control tactics and violence aimed at getting other students to act less “gay” and fit in the way other people feel they have the right to insist they should work to fit in.