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Using data from a survey, stories from the popular comic Archie, and individual interviews with 47 preteens, it analyzes discourse-based patterns of meaning-making. 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Feminist post‐structural theories of gender and socio‐cultural theories of learning suggest educators need to understand students’constructions of gender relations, masculine/feminine desires, and sexuality if they hope to challenge these behaviors. In this article, we examine a diverse group of 47 preteens’ constructions of gender relations, masculine/feminine desires, and sexuality, using a survey, a story from the popular comic Archie, and individual interviews. We found that although participants produced feminist and patriarchal constructions of gender relations, they constructed masculine and feminine sexuality as uniformly heterosexual.  \nKey words: popular culture, feminism, adolescents, discourse analysis  \nDes recherches récentes indiquent la persistance de relations inégales entre les hommes et les femmes et de l’homophobie chez les jeunes. Des théoriesd’apprentissage poststructuralistes féministes au sujet du genre ainsi que des théories socioculturelles donnent à penser que les pédagogues ont besoin de comprendre les constructions que se font les élèves des relations entre les sexes, des désirs masculinset féminins et de la sexualité s’ils espèrent remettre en question ces comportements. Dans cet article, les auteures analysent, à l’aide d’un sondage, d’une histoire tirée dela bande dessinée Archie et d’entrevues individuelles, un éventail diversifié de 47 constructions que se font des préadolescents des relations entre les sexes, des désirs masculins et féminins et de la sexualité . Elles ont découvert que les participants ont produit des constructions féministes et patriarcales des relations entre les sexes, maishétérosexuelles de la sexualité masculine et féminine.  \nMots clés : culture populaire, féminisme, adolescents, analyse des discours  \n________________________  \nCANADIAN JOURNAL OF EDUCATION 31, 1 (2008): 102‐123  \nStudents throughout Australia, North America, and the United Kingdom report that unequal gender relations and homophobic harassment are apart of their daily lives inside and outside school. Research has documented these kinds of relations and abuses from elementary school through post‐secondary school (Bochenek & Brown, 2001; Martino & Pallotta‐Chiarolli, 2003; Murnen & Smolak, 2000; Pellegrini, 2002; Renold, 2002; Timmerman, 2003) . Recent scholarship suggests that anti‐ oppression curricula/pedagogy will not effect any real change in terms of gender equity or the place of gay, lesbian, bisexual, or queer (GLBQ) people in the world unless educators begin with a clear understanding of young people’s ideas about gender relations, masculine/feminine desires, and sexuality (Butler, 1990; Davies, 1993, 2000; Fenstermaker, West, & Zimmerman, 2002; Kelly, 1997; Lave & Wenger, 1991; Paechter, 2003a, 2003b; Walkerdine, 1987) .  \nThis study is part of a larger program of research that seeks to understand current relationships between literacy, identity, and power (Norton Peirce & Stein, 1995; Norton 2001, December/January, 2002, 2003; Norton & Vanderheyden, 2004) . In this particular study, we examined a group of fifth, sixth, and seventh graders’ engagement with the popular comic book series Archie. Elsewhere we have attempted to understand why students engage with texts like Archie (Norton, 2003); how texts like this might function as a means to promote social interaction between language learners and target language speakers (Norton & Vanderheyden, 2004); and how a feminist reading teacher might approach texts like Archie comics (Moffatt & Norton, 2005) . In this article, we seek to use Archie comics as a vehicle to explore preteens’construc‐tions of gender relations, masculine/feminine desires, and sexuality. We ask: What can young readers of Archie comics tell ","cbCaihIOSXSauZEO","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaihIOSXSauZEO","pdf",309728,22,"English","# Introduction\n## Study purpose and research questions\n# Theoretical Framework\n## Feminist post-structural theories of gender\n## Socio-cultural theories of learning","[{\"question\":\"What does the study investigate about preteens?\",\"answer\":\"It explores how preteens construct gender relations, masculine/feminine desires, and sexuality, drawing on survey responses, an Archie comic story, and interviews.\"},{\"question\":\"What data sources are used in the research?\",\"answer\":\"The study uses a survey, a story from the popular comic Archie, and individual interviews with 47 preteens.\"},{\"question\":\"What major pattern did the researchers find regarding sexuality?\",\"answer\":\"Although participants used feminist and patriarchal framings for gender relations, they constructed masculine and feminine sexuality as uniformly heterosexual.\"}]","READING GENDER RELATIONS AND SEXUALITY: PRETEENS SPEAK OUT | PDF",1792084775,55]