How do students learn gender from their peers in school? Use the concepts of gender police, gay-baiting, and bullying in your answer

Please provide the best answer for the statement.


1. Students learn gender from their peers through the punishments and rewards bestowed upon students for violating or obeying gender norms.
2. Students act as “gender police,” punishing students through taunting, humiliation, and exclusion if they violate gender norms.
3. A common form of gender policing is gay-baiting. This describes students being called gay, despite the fact that they are not believed to be homosexual. Instead, they are being punished for not being sufficiently masculine in the eyes of their persecutors.
4. These acts of bullying have significant negative impacts on student’s school experiences, as they generate a great deal of fear.

Sociology

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