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Dr. Anthea Henderson
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weak character… we would just try to be unruly
in every way, especially when it comes on to
defending one another.”
Prince’s idea of ‘weak character’ at the time
was inextricably linked to the notions of what
a man is supposed to be. A male student who
did not behave ‘like a man’ was considered
homosexual.
He and his friends developed a s ystem for
deciding who was homosexual.
“I would identify someone as homosexual by their
verbal and non-verbal communication; verbal
in terms of how they speak, if it is masculine or

feminine, and non-verbal by their actions and
expressions … I consider masculine behaviours to
be actions that possess qualities … traditionally
attributed to men. For example … strength,”
Prince related.
Prince, like the boys who bullied Lee, also assessed
his peers against what others would have said
about them without regard for the truth.
Dr. Marshall explained that this kind of ignorance
is perpetuated because of the cultural reliance
on stereotyping.
“People, in general, make up generalisations.
In a class I had a few days ago, students were

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