Gender and subject choice

Question 1

Socialisation

Answer 1

Taught from early age attitudes/views- society- boys/girls = dress diff/ diff toys

Question 2

What does Oakley say about gender?

Answer 2

Gender= learned cultural diff’s between m&f’s. Prim soc= shapes gender identity

Question 3

Norman

Answer 3

m&f’s=dressed diff/diff toys, encouraged to take part- diff activities.

Question 4

Murphy and Elwood

Answer 4

show- difference- socialisation/ reading tastes lead- diff subj choices- e.g. boys prefer: hobby/ info books= science, girls prefer about people= english e.g. m: comics f: twilight

Question 5

Analysis for socialisation?

Answer 5

F&M’s still read diff things- girls= romance books, boys= comics

Question 6

Eval for socialisation?

Answer 6

Support M&E- Bleach: Changes made to curriculum- favour long texts included in masc subjects like maths/sciences e.g. maths problem solving= no longer an individual equation- now incorporated in text- + as girls = better readers- doesn’t help just humanities but all subjects

Question 7

Gendered subject images/ stereotypes

Answer 7

Sociology= girl subj. Computing= boy subj