'Troubling Men Who Teach Young Children': Masculinity and the Paedophilic Threat

Autor/inn/en	Moosa, Shaaista; Bhana, Deevia
Titel	'Troubling Men Who Teach Young Children': Masculinity and the Paedophilic Threat
Quelle	In: Pedagogy, Culture and Society, 30 (2022) 4, S.511-528 (18 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1468-1366
DOI	10.1080/14681366.2020.1818117
Schlagwörter	Foreign Countries; Preservice Teachers; Males; Gender Issues; Norms; Masculinity; Early Childhood Teachers; Sexual Orientation; Gender Bias; Sexual Abuse; Early Childhood Education; South Africa + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Ausland; Male; Männliches Geschlecht; Geschlechterfrage; Normwert; Männlichkeit; Early childhood; Early childhood education; Teacher; Teachers; Frühe Kindheit; Frühkindliche Bildung; Frühpädagogik; Lehrer; Lehrerin; Lehrende; Sexuelle Orientierung; Geschlechterstereotyp; Sexueller Missbrauch; Education; Südafrika; Süd-Afrika; Republik Südafrika; Südafrikanische Republik
Abstract	Gendered norms construct teaching young children in Early Childhood Education (ECE) as a 'feminine profession' and as 'women's work'. Subsequently, men who teach young children are often scrutinised. One troubling factor confronting men entering the profession is the construction of men as potential paedophiles. Scholars in the Global North have shown how a conflation of homosexuality with paedophilia positions gay men as actual and potential paedophilic perpetrators. We present a view from the Global South which demonstrates how South African male ECE preservice teachers favour gay men as teachers of young children . Gay men were depicted as feminine and more appropriate for teaching ECE than heterosexual men. Additionally, gay men were constructed as men who did not pose a paedophilic threat in ECE. Conversely, heterosexual male power and violence were used to distance heterosexual men from ECE. These findings demonstrate the fluidity of masculinity and the paedophilic threat in ECE. (As Provided).
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Update	2024/1/01