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Cultural Constructions of Sexual Relationships Between Female Teachers and Male Students

Palmer, Tessa M
http://orcid.org/0000-0002-8672-1719
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=antioch1588248428196617

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2020, Psy. D., Antioch University, Antioch New England: Clinical Psychology.
While examples of sexual relationships between male high school teachers and female students have been historically prominent, relationships wherein the respective genders are reversed have received increased attention. Research on perceptions of sexual relationships between female high school teachers and their male students has focused primarily on the perceived differences between these relationships and those between male high school teachers and their female students. To explain the effect that gender appears to have on the perceptions of sexual relationships between female high school teachers and their male students, much of the literature has pointed to cultural constructions of gender, which interfaces with cultural power dynamics. In taking a closer look at the literature and the assumptions therein, it appears that cultural constructions and narratives (and the ways in which these inform perceptions) of these relationships are conflicted and/or split. The purpose of this theoretical research was to posit a theory of the cultural constructions and narratives regarding sexual relationships between female high school teachers and male high school students. To facilitate a more sophisticated and comprehensive understanding of these constructions and narratives, I collected and examined both real-world examples and fictional portrayals of sexual relationships between female high school teachers and male students, and employed a feminist psychoanalytic theoretical framework to inform my analysis.
Theodore Ellenhorn, PhD (Committee Chair)
Vincent Pignatiello, PsyD (Committee Member)
E. Porter Eagan, PsyD (Committee Member)
57 p.
Psychology
student teacher sexual relationships; gender; culture

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  • Palmer, T. M. (2020). Cultural Constructions of Sexual Relationships Between Female Teachers and Male Students [Doctoral dissertation, Antioch University]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=antioch1588248428196617

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Palmer, Tessa. Cultural Constructions of Sexual Relationships Between Female Teachers and Male Students. 2020. Antioch University, Doctoral dissertation. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=antioch1588248428196617.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Palmer, Tessa. "Cultural Constructions of Sexual Relationships Between Female Teachers and Male Students." Doctoral dissertation, Antioch University, 2020. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=antioch1588248428196617

    Chicago Manual of Style (17th edition)

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