School Culture and Masculinity: The Necessity of Transformation from Male Centric Controlled Education to Liberal School Culture

Abstract

  Control-oriented education is characterized as authoritarianism and groupism, which excludes individuality and makes both teachers and students feel suffocated. However, those in power cling to their vested interests, making scapegoats and claiming that men are sufferers, thereby maintaining the status quo. However, if teachers intend to support students under challenging conditions, having actual dialogues concerning the fact that men suffer as well is necessary for all concerned. In this essay, the author discusses the necessity of escaping from masculinity using case studies on high schools that have shifted from control-oriented education and presents concrete remedies to solve such problem.