The bully society : school shootings and the crisis of bullying in America's schools
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The bully society : school shootings and the crisis of bullying in America's schools
(Intersections : transdisciplinary perspectives on genders and sexualities)
New York University Press, c2012
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Includes "Notes" (p. 257-285) and index
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Choice's Outstanding Academic Title list for 2013
Through interviews and case studies, Klein develops an explanation for bully behavior in America's schools
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. Jessie Klein 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. The Bully Society 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. Klein 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, Klein proposes ways to transcend these destructive trends—transforming school bully societies into compassionate communities.
Table of Contents
AcknowledgmentsIntroduction: The Gender Police1 Social Status Wars2 Masculinity and White Supremacy 3 Violence against Girls4 Gay Bashing5 Girl Bashing6 Cyber-Bullying 7 Adult Bullies8 The Bully Economy 9 America Is from Mars, Europe Is from Venus10 Creating Kinder Schools and Cyberspaces Conclusion: From a Bully Society to Compassionate Communities Appendix: Methodology Notes Index About the Author
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