The growing visibility of male Asian Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) fighters and the cultural affinity between martial arts Asianness call for reassessment dominant racial gender stereotypes. This study examines online UFC fans’ discursive formulation four scripts surrounding masculinities mixed (MMA) fighting – othering script, inferior artist script hypermasculine which contradict each ...

This article offers new empirical data examining how Chinese children construct their understandings of heterosexuality and opposite-gender relationships with school peers. Gender differences separation between girls boys are commonly argued to be a ‘gender rule’ central children’s peer cultures at school. However, this is rarely explored from perspectives in China’s relatively conservative con...

The present article reviews theoretical concepts that can contribute to the analysis of construction gender identity in interaction, moving on from heteronormativity, understood as normalization heterosexuality only, or more, legitimate form sexuality. Identity is discussed together with face, rapport and (im)politeness a discursive approach (van der Bom & Mills, 2015). It argued face build...

Social workers have a mandate to reduce discrimination and oppression. However, training for social does little equip candidates with knowledge of power structures, such as gender sexuality. The purpose this article is show how work students in teaching programme, ‘Exploring Heteronormativity’, gain personal experience asymmetries are reproduced. Central the programme pedagogical fieldwork acti...

The heyday of ‘Redneck’ cinema—the 1970s to early 1980s, saw the rise Redneck Rebel—a Southern or otherwise ‘hick’ anti-hero who rode around countryside like a modern-day cowboy vanquishing evil. His ‘horse’ was his car—a beefed up/souped up muscle car that often became star show and overshadowed himself. This article examines Rebel through lens one American TV series—The Dukes Hazzard. popular...

This article constitutes the first account of sexual minority barristers’ experience and relation to professionalism at Bar. Drawing on survey interview data, it presents Bar as a site heteronormativity, where masculinist heterosexuality is pervasively assumed publicly valorized. The ‘credible’ barrister – authoritative, respected, competent constructed heterosexual. In this context, barristers...

Recent studies on boys and young men’s heterosexual practices point in contradictory directions. On the one hand, men seem to be placing less value “hard”, overtly aggressive masculinity compulsive heterosexuality, keeping with their adoption of more egalitarian attitudes sexual relationships. other hegemonic masculine notions that associate “real” prowess persist as well. In this article, we a...

This article examines a set of sexuality education textbooks used in selection primary schools Beijing. These textbooks, under the overall name ???? (Cherish Lives), embody comprehensive approach with content designed on basis UNESCO International Technical Guidance Sexuality Education. Using feminist critical discourse analysis, we explore these books from three angles: challenge engaging chil...