Why are teenage girls attracted to boys who hurt them? We talked to high school students to find out

By Silvia Molina Roldán, Profesora Titular en Educación, Universitat Rovira i Virgili
Garazi Lopez de Aguileta, PhD and teaching assistant, University of Wisconsin-Madison, University of Wisconsin-Madison
Itxaso Tellado, Profesora Agregada, Universitat de Vic – Universitat Central de Catalunya
Leire Ugalde Lujambio, Profesora Agregada en la Facultad de Educación, Filosofía y Antropología, Universidad del País Vasco / Euskal Herriko Unibertsitatea
Lidia Puigvert Mallart, Catedrática de Sociología, Universitat de Barcelona
Miguel Ángel Pulido, Profesor en la Universitat Ramon Llull, Facultat de Psicologia Ciències de l'Educació i de l'Esport Blanquerna, Universitat Ramon Llull
Ramón Flecha García, Catedrático Emérito de sociología, Universitat de Barcelona
Sandra Racionero-Plaza, Profesora agregada. Socioneurociencia, Universitat de Barcelona

Media messages normalise gender violence by teaching teenagers – girls and boys alike – that anger is linked to passion and attractiveness.

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