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Item From 12 to 15: girls, boys, gender and sexuality at a high school in the North West Province = Kusukela eminyakeni eyi-12 kuya kweyi-15: amantombazane, abafana, ubulili nemizwa ngokocansi esikoleni samabanga aphezulu esifundazweni iNorth West.(2023) Rizvi, Rabia Khatoon.; Bhana, Deevia.This study examines the construction of gender and sexuality amongst girls and boys between the ages of 12 and 15 at a private school in the North West province of South Africa. It seeks to understand how learners negotiate gender and sexuality at school, and how the school environment and beyond contributes to their construction of gender and sexuality. It also investigates the social processes that promote unequal power relations between boys and girls at school. An ethnographic research method was used to conduct this study and the research instruments were observations, individual interviews and focus group discussions. Participants were selected using a mix of convenience and purposive sampling methods. Many of the participants were boarding learners, which provides a distinct insight into the ways in which the boarding space is a highly generative site for the production of gender and sexuality. A total of 101 learners participated in this study and 69 semi-structured interviews and 16 focus group discussions were conducted with learners across grades 7, 8 and 9. The data were analysed with the theory of social constructionism. The findings show that boys and girls pursue pleasure and desire in a myriad of ways within the school context. They challenge sexual innocence by expressing the types of relationships they would like to enter into and show authority in navigating romantic relationships. They use social media for flirtation and engage in the consumption of pornography. Furthermore, the expansion of sexuality is demonstrated as learners choose to enter into queer relationships. However, this is mitigated by the performance of hegemonic masculinity which places girls in a subordinate position. Girls are slut-shamed for resisting traditional norms of femininity and also experience sexual harassment within the school space. Boys and girls both participate in risky behaviour and there is a culture of silence and complicity that is created around it. Bullying and substance abuse are wielded as opportunities to portray aggressive masculinities and femininities. Girls’ bodies are policed by authority figures and by the boys which restricts their expression of gender and sexuality. This study argues that gender and sexuality are perceived by learners through a binary lens, and that girls largely remain in a subordinate position whilst boys conform to the standards of hegemonic masculinity. It is recommended that platforms need to be created to question these prevailing attitudes and to provide opportunities for boys and girls to explore and alter their traditional beliefs around gender and sexuality. Iqoqa. Lolu cwaningo lwaluhlola ngokwakheka kobulili nemizwa ngokocansi phakathi kwamantombazane nabafana abaphakathi kweminyaka eyi-12 kuya kweyi-15 esikoleni esizimele esifundazweni iNorth West. Lwalufuna ukuqonda ngokuthi ngabe abafundi baxoxisana kanjani ngobulili nangemizwa ngokocansi esikoleni nokuthi ngabe indawo yasesikoleni nangaphandle ineqhaza elingakanani ekuzakheleni kwabo ubulili nemizwa ngokocansi. Ucwaningo lwabuye lwaphenya ngezinqubo zenhlalobantu okuyizona ezikhuthaza ukungalingani kwamandla obudlewane phakathi kwabafana namantombazane esikoleni. Kwasetshenziswa indlela yocwaningo ngokuzibandakanya komphakathi ukuze kuqhutshwe lolu cwaningo, kanti izinsizakusebenza zocwaningo kwakungeyokuqaphela, izinhlwayalwazi zikayedwana kanye nezingxoxo zamaqoqo azocwaningwa. Kwaqokwa ababambiqhaza bocwaningo ngokuhlanganisa izindlelakwenza ezimbili eyokuqoka ngokukuvumelayo neyokuqoka ngenhloso. Iningi lababambiqhaza kwakungabafundi abafunda behlala ezikoleni, abanikezela ngesokujula kwenhlukanisozindlela lapho indawo yezikole zabafundi abafunda behlala khona ibe indawo enobudlelwano obuphezulu bokukhiqiza ubulili nemizwa ngokocansi. Isamba sabafundi abayi-101 babamba iqhaza kulolu cwaningo, izihlwayalwazi ezisakuhleleka ezingama-69 kanye nezingxoxo zamaqoqo acwaningwayo ayi-16 kwenziwa kubafundi bebanga lesi-7, elesi-8 kanye nelesi-9. Imininingo yahlaziywa ngenjulalwazi yeso lomphakathi. Okwatholwa wucwaningo kwabonisa ukuthi abafana namantombazane balandela injabulo nesifiso ngezindlela eziningi ezahlukene ngokwesimo sesikole. Banikeza inselelo kulabo abangasho lutho ngemizwa ngokocansi ngokuthi basho izinhlobo zobudlelwano abangathanda ukungena kuzo babuye bakhombise igunya lokufuna ubudlelwano bezothando. Basebenzisa izinkundla zokuxhumana ukuze badlale ngezothando baze babuke izithombe zocansi. Ngaphezu kwalokho, kuyanda ukukhombisa umuzwa ngokocansi ngenkathi abafundi bekhetha ukungena ebudlelwaneni obuphambene nobejwayelekile. Nakuba, kunciphiswa ukusebenza kuqonelwa ubulisa okubeka amantombazane endaweni ephansi. Amantombazane ayahlukunyezwa uma emelana nezimiso zendabuko zabesifazane futhi babuye bahlukunyezwe ngokocansi khona esikoleni. Abafana namantombazane bobabili bayalibamba iqhaza ekuziphatheni okunobungcuphe kanti kunomkhuba wokuthula nokwenza izinto ezingahambisani nesimosimilo esakhekayo kulokho. Ukuhlukumeza nokusetshenziswa kabi kwezidakamizwa kuthathwa njengamathuba aveza ubufazane nobulisa obunendluzula. Imizimba yamantombazane igadwe ngabathile abanegunya kanye nabafana abanqinda ukuveza ubulili nemizwa yabo ngokocansi. Lolu cwaningo luphikisana ngokuthi ubulili nemizwa ngokocansi kubonwa ngabafundi ngeso lokubona kabili nokuthi amantombazane ahlala kakhulu endaweni ephansi kanti abafana bayahambisana neqophelo lokunqonelwa ubulisa. Kwanconywa isidingo sezithangami okumele zakhiwe ukuze zibuze ngale ndlelakubuka eqhubekayo bese zinikezela ngamathuba kubafana namantombazane ukuze bazihlole bese beguqula izinkolelo zezendabuko yabo mayelana nobulili kanye nemizwa ngokocansi.