Jonathan Salisbury taught in secondary schools for over twenty years and is presently working with boys in an inner-city comprehensive school in Derby as part of a research project. He has also been working with Nottingham Agenda and participating in men's conscious-raising groups for ten years. David Jackson taught in secondary English departments for nearly twenty years. He is co-founder of Nottingham Agenda, an anti-sexist programme that works with abusive and violent men and has been involved in men's groups and masculinity issues for over ten years.
Acknowledgments
Acting Hard - A poem by David Jackson
Preface by Jeff Hearn
1. Introduction: Why Should Schools Take Working with Adolescent Boys Seriously?
2. The Secondary School as a Gendered Institution
3. Boys' Sexualities
4. Sexual Harassment
5. Violence and Bullying
6. Media Education
Boys and Masculinities
7. Language as a Weapon
8. The Ideal Manly Body
9. School Sport and the Making of Boys and Men
10. Boys' Well-being: Learning to Take Care of Themselves and Others
11. How Boys Become Real Lads: Life Stories about the Making of Boys
12. Playing War
13. Fathers and Sons
Bibliography
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