The bully society : school shootings and the crisis of bullying in America's schools /
Klein, Jessie.
The bully society : school shootings and the crisis of bullying in America's schools / Jessie Klein. - New York : New York University Press, - xi, 307 pages ; 24 cm. - Intersections : transdisciplinary perspectives on genders and sexualities . - Intersections (New York, N.Y.) .
Includes bibliographical references (pages 257-285) and index.
Introduction: The gender police -- Social status wars -- Masculinity and white supremacy -- Violence against girls -- Gay bashing -- Girl bashing -- Cyber-bullying -- Adult bullies -- The bully economy -- America is from Mars, Europe is from Venus -- Creating kinder schools and cyberspaces -- Conclusion: From a bully society to compassionate communities.
In today's schools, kids bullying kids is not an occasional occurrence but rather an everyday reality where children learn early that being sensitive, respectful, and kind earns them no respect. The author makes the provocative argument that the rise of school shootings across America, and childhood aggression more broadly, are the consequences of a society that actually promotes aggressive and competitive behavior. This work is a call to reclaim America's schools from the vicious cycle of aggression that threatens our children and our society at large. Heartbreaking interviews illuminate how both boys and girls obtain status by acting "masculine", displaying aggression at one another's expense as both students and adults police one another to uphold gender stereotypes. The author shows that the aggressive ritual of gender policing in American culture creates emotional damage that perpetuates violence through revenge, and that this cycle is the main cause of not only the many school shootings that have shocked America, but also related problems in schools, manifesting in high rates of suicide, depression, anxiety, eating disorders, self-cutting, truancy, and substance abuse. After two decades working in schools as a school social worker and professor, the author proposes ways to transcend these destructive trends, transforming school bully societies into compassionate communities.
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Bullying--United States.
Bullying in schools--United States.
School shootings--United States.
School discipline--United States.
Bullying.
Adolescent.
Violence.
Schools.
Social Class.
Gender Identity.
Bullying.
Bullying in schools.
School discipline.
School shootings.
Schule.
Gesellschaft.
Mobbing.
Amok.
Bullies.
School shootings--United States.
School discipline.
Mobbning--
Skolmassakrer--
Skoldisciplin--
United States.
United States.
USA.
BF637.B85 / K584 2012
302.34/30973
2013 F-303 WS 463
The bully society : school shootings and the crisis of bullying in America's schools / Jessie Klein. - New York : New York University Press, - xi, 307 pages ; 24 cm. - Intersections : transdisciplinary perspectives on genders and sexualities . - Intersections (New York, N.Y.) .
Includes bibliographical references (pages 257-285) and index.
Introduction: The gender police -- Social status wars -- Masculinity and white supremacy -- Violence against girls -- Gay bashing -- Girl bashing -- Cyber-bullying -- Adult bullies -- The bully economy -- America is from Mars, Europe is from Venus -- Creating kinder schools and cyberspaces -- Conclusion: From a bully society to compassionate communities.
In today's schools, kids bullying kids is not an occasional occurrence but rather an everyday reality where children learn early that being sensitive, respectful, and kind earns them no respect. The author makes the provocative argument that the rise of school shootings across America, and childhood aggression more broadly, are the consequences of a society that actually promotes aggressive and competitive behavior. This work is a call to reclaim America's schools from the vicious cycle of aggression that threatens our children and our society at large. Heartbreaking interviews illuminate how both boys and girls obtain status by acting "masculine", displaying aggression at one another's expense as both students and adults police one another to uphold gender stereotypes. The author shows that the aggressive ritual of gender policing in American culture creates emotional damage that perpetuates violence through revenge, and that this cycle is the main cause of not only the many school shootings that have shocked America, but also related problems in schools, manifesting in high rates of suicide, depression, anxiety, eating disorders, self-cutting, truancy, and substance abuse. After two decades working in schools as a school social worker and professor, the author proposes ways to transcend these destructive trends, transforming school bully societies into compassionate communities.
9780814748886 0814748880 9780814763704 0814763707 9780814763711 0814763715 9780814771495 0814771491 1479860948 9781479860944
7308345
2011039377
GBB209590 bnb
Bullying--United States.
Bullying in schools--United States.
School shootings--United States.
School discipline--United States.
Bullying.
Adolescent.
Violence.
Schools.
Social Class.
Gender Identity.
Bullying.
Bullying in schools.
School discipline.
School shootings.
Schule.
Gesellschaft.
Mobbing.
Amok.
Bullies.
School shootings--United States.
School discipline.
Mobbning--
Skolmassakrer--
Skoldisciplin--
United States.
United States.
USA.
BF637.B85 / K584 2012
302.34/30973
2013 F-303 WS 463