Fordham GSS Associate Professor Laura Wernick, Ph.D., was quoted in Diverse Education speaking about the findings from their recent article, “Policing Gender and Sexuality in High School Sports,” co-authored with GSS Assistant Professor Derek Tice-Brown, Ph.D.
“…The study analyzes how gender, sexual orientation, and race play an intersecting role in the development of youth self-esteem and how “toxic masculinity” interacts with those identities.
‘This toxic masculinity doesn’t just harm queer and trans youth, it harms the wellbeing of everyone,’ said Dr. Laura Wernick, an associate professor at the Fordham Graduate School of Social Service, who co-authored the study with Dr. Derek Tice-Brown, an assistant professor at Fordham.
‘The irony of using the policing of masculinity here is that it’s actually having the opposite effect,’ continued Wernick. ‘It’s bringing these kids down; it’s making them less strong and less resilient….”
