Conceptualizing and Assessing Heterosexism in High School: A Setting-Level Approach

Heterosexism is defined as a setting-level process that systematically privileges heterosexuality relative to homosexuality, based on the assumption that heterosexuality, as well as heterosexual power & privilege are the norm & the ideal. The many ways heterosexism is manifest in the physica...

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Published in:American journal of community psychology 2003-06, Vol.31 (3-4), p.267-279
Main Author: Chesir-Teran, Daniel
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Heterosexism
High Schools
Intervention
Norms
School Environment
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Summary:Heterosexism is defined as a setting-level process that systematically privileges heterosexuality relative to homosexuality, based on the assumption that heterosexuality, as well as heterosexual power & privilege are the norm & the ideal. The many ways heterosexism is manifest in the physical-architectural, program-policy, suprapersonal, & social features of high schools are described followed by a proposal for a comprehensive assessment strategy. Strategies used in previous research are reviewed in terms of what is assessed, how it is assessed, & how it is analyzed. The author advocates for more comprehensive assessments & for school-level analyses to enable comparisons between schools, facilitate research on the effects of heterosexism, & provide a basis for evaluating interventions. Additional issues include reliability & validity, links between heterosexism & other forms of oppression, heterosexism in other contexts or at other levels, & implications for theory & practice in community psychology. 52 References. Adapted from the source document.
ISSN:0091-0562