Needing to be ‘in the know’: strategies of subordination used by 10-11 year old school boys

Matthew:

Going in the infants playground/

Richard:

Yeah, they go into the infants, hide behind the trees, and
then they run and bang on the windows in the infants

JS:

[...] So they do silly things, what else?

Robin:

They play silly games...like, they chase the girls all the way
around/

Richard:

And kiss them

Matthew:

Yeah

JS:

But you say, you chase the girls as well?

Richard:

Yeah, but we don’t try and get them, we just try and beat
up each other, so if, like, Candy gets some of us, she
punches us and that

JS:

Right, so it’s a different form of game with the girls

Richard/Matthew:

Yeah

Julia:

They’re the more popular ones...like everyone wants to hang
around with that group

Fiona:

And, I’m not meaning to be rude, but they’re a bit sad

JS:

Right, OK...so sad in what way?

Julia:

Er, they go around annoying the girls

Fiona:

They spread rumours, and try and break the girls up