Activism after Ridicule. Intergenerational Agreements and Differences in a Struggle against Sexist Violence at a High School in the city of Buenos Aires, Argentina

Abstract

This article analyses a collaborative experience between a group of students and teachers in their attempt to fight sexist violence at a school in Buenos Aires City. Based on a qualitative study, the initiatives carried out by this group of women were analyzed after students ridiculed a classmate. Points of agreement between youth and adult women were examined, as well as generational differences manifested in the perceptions about time, access to knowledge and repertoires of action used.

Intergenerational relations; Young women; Sexist violence; Ridicule; High schools