Willemijn Krebbekx
University of Amsterdam, Anthropology, Faculty Member
- Anthropology, Sociology, Gender and Sexuality, Youth, Social Sciences, Education, and 14 moreGender, Sexuality, Queer Theory, Feminist Theory, Intimacy, Girlhood Studies, Gender Studies, Girls' Studies, Masculinities, Science and Technology Studies, Computer Networks, Databases, Software, and STS (Anthropology)edit
Comprehensive sex education (CSE) has been heralded as effective in promoting sexu- ally healthy behaviour in youth. At the same time, it has also been countered by critique, indicating that CSE is not a neutral vehicle for the... more
Comprehensive sex education (CSE) has been heralded as effective in promoting sexu- ally healthy behaviour in youth. At the same time, it has also been countered by critique, indicating that CSE is not a neutral vehicle for the transmission of knowledge. To think sex education outside this opposition of health intervention and critique, this article asks: What else can sex education do? Three ethnographic cases from secondary schools in the Netherlands showed the school to be a space/time for sexuality, showed how sexual knowledge is produced and used in class, and how sex education plays into and depends on processes of (gendered) popularity. In addition, the analysis pointed to the ways in which comprehensive sex education in practice (re)produces ethnic characterizations of sexuality. Finally, the analysis of sex education in practice complicated the ways in which sex education is conceptualized and measured as a health intervention.
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This paper explores the ways in which heteronormativity is enacted through friendships and teaching practices in and around secondary schools. Based on ethnographic fieldwork conducted in three schools in the Netherlands, it describes... more
This paper explores the ways in which heteronormativity is enacted through friendships and teaching practices in and around secondary schools. Based on ethnographic fieldwork conducted in three schools in the Netherlands, it describes heteronormativity as relational and situational. Among pupils, heteronormativity was presupposed yet also made in practices of forming, consolidating or ending friendships. Relations between teachers and pupils showed heteronormativity to be differentiated across contexts: in two schools heterosexuality was drawn upon to ease teaching relations, while at a third school it was seen as a hindrance to academic achievement and therefore relegated to the private sphere. Arguing that heteronormativity is enacted in realms of social life that are often desexualised, those of friendship and pedagogy, this paper breaks with the tendency to produce singular accounts of heteronormativity and its effect in schools.
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Ethnicity is a frequently used measure in research into youth and sexuality in the Netherlands, a country known and admired for its favourable sexual health outcomes. This paper critically examines the production of knowledge about... more
Ethnicity is a frequently used measure in research into youth and sexuality in the Netherlands, a country known and admired for its favourable sexual health outcomes. This paper critically examines the production of knowledge about sexuality and ethnicity in the Netherlands. It traces the concept of ethnicity through four research practices (rationales of taking up ethnicity and compiling research populations; determining ethnicity; statistical calculations and making recommendations). It shows how the notion of ethnicity is flexible, slippery and changeable, yet at the same time becomes solidified and naturalized in relation to sexuality. The paper is based on a literature review of youth and sexuality in the Netherlands.
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Waar komen krantenkoppen als ‘Seksualiteit onder allochtonen nog taboe’ vandaan? En wat moeten we maken van onderzoeksrapporten die concluderen dat ‘Antillianen veel met seks bezig zijn’? Hoe toevallig zijn termen als bangalijst, breezers... more
Waar komen krantenkoppen als ‘Seksualiteit onder allochtonen nog taboe’ vandaan? En wat moeten we maken van onderzoeksrapporten die concluderen dat ‘Antillianen veel met seks bezig zijn’? Hoe toevallig zijn termen als bangalijst, breezers leten loverboy? In dit artikel wordt nagegaan hoe onderzoekspraktijken bijdragen aan de naturalisering van een bepaalde relatie tussen etniciteit en seksualiteit. Daarbij wordt uiteengezet hoe seksualiteit en etniciteit elkaar in dit proces betekenis geven.
The phenomenon of sexting, often described as the production and spread of sexually explicit images via mobile phones, has appeared many times in newspapers since its predecessor 'sex-texting' was first coined in the early 2000s. Sexting... more
The phenomenon of sexting, often described as the production and spread of sexually explicit images via mobile phones, has appeared many times in newspapers since its predecessor 'sex-texting' was first coined in the early 2000s. Sexting Panic sets out to provide an alternative understanding of the practice. Amy Hasinoff convincingly argues that sexting is too often understood as evidence of the subconscious victimization of teenage girls by outside forces, but should instead be situated in the context of consent and agency.