Boys, girls and normative violence in schools: a gendered critique of bully discourses

This chapter contains sections titled: Introduction The Role of ‘Gender’ in Research on School Bullying Bullying as Normative Gendered ‘Performance’? Boys and Normative Violence Boys and the Performative Cycle of Normative ‘Hard’, Violent Masculinity Normative Femininity: Girls as ‘Covert Bullies’ The Performative Cycle of Normative ‘Indirectly Aggressive’ Femininity Conclusion Useful Resources Reference