What is it about?
This article engages questions about corporal punishment in school. Frequently and justifiably analysed as a form of violence and anti-thetical to the goal of gender equality, we discuss how in some school settings it can be viewed in a different light, even as a form of support in a context of care.
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This publication resulted from a long time friendship with Mark Hunter in Durban. Mark's path-breaking work on masculinities in KwaZulu Natal (Love in the Time of AIDS (2010) and his later work on schooling in Durban (Race for Education (2019)) overlapped closely with my own works (Changing Men in Southern Africa (2001) and Towards Gender Equality: South African Schools during the HIV and AIDS pandemic (2009)). Although both Mark and I moved away from Durban (he to Toronto, me to Cape Town), our paths continued to cross. When we met for a book launch in 2019 we chatted about our respective interests in corporal punishment and decided to write something together. This article was the result.
Dr Robert Graham Morrell
University of Cape Town
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This page is a summary of: Corporal punishment and gender equality: regimes of care and rights in South African schools, Journal of Gender Studies, January 2021, Taylor & Francis,
DOI: 10.1080/09589236.2020.1867832.
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