Title -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- Preface to the 2012 Edition -- Acknowledgments -- 1. Making Masculinity: Adolescence, Identity, and High School -- Revenge of the Nerds -- What Do We Mean by Masculinity? -- Bringing in Sexuality -- Rethinking Masculinity, Sexuality, and Bodies -- Methodology -- Organization of the Book -- 2. Becoming Mr. Cougar: Institutionalizing Heterosexuality and Masculinity at River High -- River High's Gender and Sexuality Curriculum -- Pedagogy: The Unofficial Gender and Sexuality Curriculum -- School Rituals: Performing and Policing Gender and Sexuality -- Gender and Sexuality Regimes -- 3. Dude, You're a Fag: Adolescent Male Homophobia -- What Is a Fag? Gendered Meanings -- Becoming a Fag: Fag Fluidity -- Embodying the Fag: Ricky's Story -- Racializing the Fag -- Where the Fag Disappears: Drama Performances -- Reframing Homophobia -- 4. Compulsive Heterosexuality: Masculinity and Dominance -- A Stud with the Ladies -- Getting Girls -- Touching -- Sex Talk -- Girls Respond -- I'm Different from Other Guys -- Females Are the Puppets -- 5. Look at My Masculinity! Girls Who Act Like Boys -- Tomboy Pasts -- Rebeca and the Basketball Girls -- The Homecoming Queen: Jessie Chau -- The Gay/Straight Alliance Girls -- Embodying Masculinity -- 6. Conclusion: Thinking about Schooling, Gender, and Sexuality -- Masculinity at River High -- Theoretical Implications -- Practical Steps -- Appendix: What If a Guy Hits on You? Intersections of Gender, Sexuality, and Age in Fieldwork with Adolescents -- Notes -- References -- Index.