Feminists on Youth Culture Flashcards
What is the Feminist view on youth culture?
Believe female roles in youth subcultures were ignored by other sociologists.
Researchers found it hard to relate to females when studying them in youth culture.
Females have different spaces to that of boys, they were difficult to study and had close-knit friendship groups.
Studying girls wasn’t seen as interesting as they didn’t invest time in interesting things.
MCROBBIE AND GARBER ‘GIRLS IN YOUTH SUBCULTURES’
Girls were absent from most studies on youth subcultures, it was fleeing or it reinforced stereotypical views on girls.
Females in subcultures were represented as ‘passive girlfriend’s’ to the men in the groups.
EVALUATION ON THE FEMINIST VIEW
Postmodernists and others see gender as less significant and current subcultures don’t have any clear gender distinction when referencing to youth culture.
