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Gender Policing

Payne, Elizabethe, Smith, Melissa J.·2016·Critical Concepts in Queer Studies and Education
DOI 10.1057/978-1-137-55425-3_14
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The issue of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer (LGBTQ) violence has been co-opted by a bullying industry that defines the problem in terms of antisocial individuals, discriminatory attitudes, and aggressive behaviors. The concept of gender policing advances the conversation about LGBTQ violence by drawing attention to the heteronormative social norms that are used to reproduce the lines between normal, different, and unacceptable. These (hetero) normative boundaries are used by youth (and adults) to regulate the identities and expressions of queer students in K-12 schools. This chapter argues that the conceptual shift from bullying to gender policing creates possibilities for transformative educational practice because the cultural norms underlying the violence become the objects of inquiry and targets of reform, rather than the violent behaviors themselves. These keywords were added by machine and not by the authors. This process is experimental and the keywords may be updated as the learning algorithm improves.

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  • Homophobic bullying should be understood as gender policing.

    “Gender and queer theorists provide a clear answer: that what is narrowly characterized as homophobic bullying should be understood more accurately as gender policing (Pascoe 2007; Payne and Smith 2016; Robinson 2020).”

    From Homophobic Bullying as Gender Policing: Population-Based Evidence (2023) · cites this paper as Payne and Smith 2016

  • Bullying patrols the perimeters of gender, disciplining youth into 'proper' expressions of masculinity and femininity.

    “Instead, bullying patrols the perimeters of gender, disciplining youth into 'proper' expressions of masculinity and femininity.”

    From Homophobic Bullying as Gender Policing: Population-Based Evidence (2023) · cites this paper as Payne and Smith 2016

  • It is not homophobia alone that encourages bullying; deeper societal investments in gender essentialism and the gender binary encourage it.

    “From this perspective, it is not homophobia alone that encourages bullying: it is much deeper societal investments in gender essentialism and the gender binary.”

    From Homophobic Bullying as Gender Policing: Population-Based Evidence (2023) · cites this paper as Payne and Smith 2016

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Authors
Payne, E., & Smith, M. J.
Affiliations
  • University of Central Arkansas (US)
  • Hunter College (US)
ORCID
Smith, Melissa J.
Venue
Critical Concepts in Queer Studies and Education
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan US
Published
2016
Pages
127-136
DOI
10.1057/978-1-137-55425-3_14
OpenAlex
W4246358445
Cited by
39
References
29
Citations by year
2026: 2 · 2025: 3 · 2024: 5 · 2023: 11 · 2022: 4 · 2021: 6 · 2020: 2 · 2019: 5 · 2018: 1
FWCI
9.30
Type
book chapter
Language
en
Open access
closed
Licence
www.springer.com/tdm (unspecified)
Locations
Palgrave Macmillan US eBooks (publishedVersion)
Topics
  • Social Sciences › Gender Studies › Gender, Sexuality, and Education
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Social Psychology › LGBTQ Health, Identity, and Policy
  • Social Sciences › Gender Studies › Gender and Feminist Studies
Keywords
gender policing, bullying, heteronormativity, queer students, K-12 schools, student discipline, social norms, identity regulation

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