Killar gör det grova, tjejer gör det andra: en studie om tjejers och killars syn på kön och genus

Sammanfattning: The purpose of this essay was to study how surroundings form young peoples gender and where gender patterns are maintained. This was done by interviewing 12 students from two advanced classes at a comprehensive school in a small town in the southern parts of Sweden. The students where divided into four groups. Two groups with three boys in each, and two groups with three girls in each. We used R.W. Connells gender theory to analyse our material. The essay was based on the idea that gender is constructed and maintained within different systems in society. The main systems are school, family and after school activities. It showed that young people aren't passive receivers in their gender formation, but take an active part in both giving and receiving gender. They also challenge gender patterns by breaking the standards of society. It also showed that girls and boys have different views on gender and what it is.