Feminism Flashcards
(12 cards)
first wave point
girl improvement in education over history
- literacy rates by of women by 1900 was 97% equal
first wave evidence
Clarendon commission
first wave analysis
education act 1870-1899
- established state wide education for ages 5-12
second wave feminism point
changes in women employment and ambition
second wave feminism evidence
worth
- girls - education opportunities - 57% of girls now go to uni in uk
- women - changes in womens employment and can re-enter education - due to delayed motherhood
second wave feminism analysis
sharpe
- girls ambitions shifted from love marriage and kids to jobs and career
liberal feminism point
gradual reforms and greater representation of women
liberal feminism evidence
STEM
girls into science
- push for girls to pursue careers in science
- only 35% of girls choose to study STEM
liberal feminism analysis
weiner
- women are more represented in the history curriculum e.g Florence nightingale
anti-feminist point
overrep of women in edu. and not enough role models for men
anti-feminist evidence
TDA : around 80% of primary teachers are women
: lack of male role models
anti-feminist analysis
Sewell
schools celebrate feminine qualities like organisation and not male qualities like leadership