Introduction

In response, a flurry of critical pedagogical writings emerged that spoke to feminist questions of gender and sexuality in important and meaningful ways. As such, the principle of critical dialogue is imperative in efforts to deconstruct mainstream ideologies associated with social inequalities and exclusions, which can lead students to initiate emancipatory possibilities that integrate the personal, political, and pedagogical. Hence, critical educators must openly contend with the struggles of lesbian, gay, bisexual, and queer students who are often marked by a society where "hate speech" is sanctioned and license is given to bully, torment, and endanger those who are deemed outside the heterosexual norm. Kathleen Weiler's essay, "Feminist Analyses of Gender and Schooling" introduces the reader to notions of gender, schooling, and sexuality with a review of the major feminist approaches to education.