Tamara Shefer is Professor in Women’s and Gender Studies, Faculty of Arts and Humanities, University of the Western Cape, South Africa.Jeff Hearn is Professor Emeritus, Hanken School of Economics, Helsinki, Finland; Professor of Sociology, University of Huddersfield, UK; and Senior Professor, Human Geography, Örebro University, Sweden.

• 1. ‘Troubling’ approaches to young sexualities2. Young people, gender and sexualities3. Gender binarisms and heteronormativity4. Victims and perpetrators5. Idealized and demonized young people6. Transnational and local (mis)travels7. Towards alternative engagements with young people

Tamara Shefer is Professor in Women’s and Gender Studies, Faculty of Arts and Humanities, University of the Western Cape, South Africa.Jeff Hearn is Professor Emeritus, Hanken School of Economics, Helsinki, Finland; Professor of Sociology, University of Huddersfield, UK; and Senior Professor, Human Geography, Örebro University, Sweden.

• 1. ‘Troubling’ approaches to young sexualities2. Young people, gender and sexualities3. Gender binarisms and heteronormativity4. Victims and perpetrators5. Idealized and demonized young people6. Transnational and local (mis)travels7. Towards alternative engagements with young people

Tamara Shefer is Professor in Women’s and Gender Studies, Faculty of Arts and Humanities, University of the Western Cape, South Africa.Jeff Hearn is Professor Emeritus, Hanken School of Economics, Helsinki, Finland; Professor of Sociology, University of Huddersfield, UK; and Senior Professor, Human Geography, Örebro University, Sweden.

• 1. ‘Troubling’ approaches to young sexualities2. Young people, gender and sexualities3. Gender binarisms and heteronormativity4. Victims and perpetrators5. Idealized and demonized young people6. Transnational and local (mis)travels7. Towards alternative engagements with young people