Emma Renold is a lecturer in the School of Social Sciences, Cardiff University.

'This publication will be a valuable resource for all with an interest in childhood studies.' - ChildRIGHT, April 2005'This is a fascinating study based on close work in real primary schools' - Gerald Haigh, TES, 16 September 2005'This ethnographic study will appeal to academics, researchers and students across the social sciences who are interested in a piece of work that prioritises the experiences of children at school.' - Children's Geographies

• 1. Sexualising gender, gendering sexuality: some introductions 2. Presumed innocence: young children, sexualities and schooling 3. To be or not to be 'girlie': negotiating (hetero)sexualised femininities 4. Boys 'doing' masculinity: mission impossible? 5. Girls, girlfriends and (hetero)sexualities: pleasure, power and danger 6. Boys, boyfriends and (hetero)sexualities: fears and frustrations 7. We're not like most girls and boys: being the gendered and sexualised Other 8. Thinking Otherwise about girls, boys and sexualities: concluding thoughts

Emma Renold is a lecturer in the School of Social Sciences, Cardiff University.

'This publication will be a valuable resource for all with an interest in childhood studies.' - ChildRIGHT, April 2005'This is a fascinating study based on close work in real primary schools' - Gerald Haigh, TES, 16 September 2005'This ethnographic study will appeal to academics, researchers and students across the social sciences who are interested in a piece of work that prioritises the experiences of children at school.' - Children's Geographies

• 1. Sexualising gender, gendering sexuality: some introductions 2. Presumed innocence: young children, sexualities and schooling 3. To be or not to be 'girlie': negotiating (hetero)sexualised femininities 4. Boys 'doing' masculinity: mission impossible? 5. Girls, girlfriends and (hetero)sexualities: pleasure, power and danger 6. Boys, boyfriends and (hetero)sexualities: fears and frustrations 7. We're not like most girls and boys: being the gendered and sexualised Other 8. Thinking Otherwise about girls, boys and sexualities: concluding thoughts

Emma Renold is a lecturer in the School of Social Sciences, Cardiff University.

'This publication will be a valuable resource for all with an interest in childhood studies.' - ChildRIGHT, April 2005'This is a fascinating study based on close work in real primary schools' - Gerald Haigh, TES, 16 September 2005'This ethnographic study will appeal to academics, researchers and students across the social sciences who are interested in a piece of work that prioritises the experiences of children at school.' - Children's Geographies

• 1. Sexualising gender, gendering sexuality: some introductions 2. Presumed innocence: young children, sexualities and schooling 3. To be or not to be 'girlie': negotiating (hetero)sexualised femininities 4. Boys 'doing' masculinity: mission impossible? 5. Girls, girlfriends and (hetero)sexualities: pleasure, power and danger 6. Boys, boyfriends and (hetero)sexualities: fears and frustrations 7. We're not like most girls and boys: being the gendered and sexualised Other 8. Thinking Otherwise about girls, boys and sexualities: concluding thoughts