gender and sexual identities Flashcards
(24 cards)
trad feminine
family
parsons
women have
expressive role and male is
instrumental
trad feminine
family
oakley
The family may create and
reinforce gender identities
through 4 things.-
manipulation, canalisation,
verbal appellations and
domestic activities
trad feminine
family/peers
mcrobbie
Bedroom culture . also the
culture of femininity
trad feminine
family/peers
lincoln
Bedroom is no longer
private, there is internet and
devices which let the outside
world in.
trad feminine
media
nakuamura
-Women
are being stereotyped in the media, but the
internet is increasingly
being used by women to
support a forum that
they face ethnic
inequality
trad feminine
media
billington
Media presents
masculinity as dominant
and femininity as
subordinate
trad fem
media
ferguson
Womens magazines are
based around the cult of
femininity which is
where to achieve
excellence you need to
care for others, family,
marriage and
appearance
trad fem
education
skelton
Hc is responsible for transmitting hegemonic
gender roles. 1-teachers
attitudes
2- teachers make
assumptions
3-students have
preconceived ideas
about subjects
trad fem
education
kelly
education
Science is male
dominated
textbooks
Boys shout out and grab
equipment first
trad fem
education
colley
education
School subject choices
are affected by 3 things-
1 perception of gender
roles.2 subject
preferences.3 learning
environment
trad fem
workplace
adkins
Horizontal and vertical
segregation. Horizontal-
jobs for everyone.
Vertical- men get better
jobs.
changing fem identity
lincoln
Bedroom is
still mostly dominated
by girlsbut more boys
are seen being invited
into them.
changing fem
sharpe
did a study in
1970 and saw girls goals
were prioritized about
family and then did it
again in 1970 and were
work
changing fem
media/peers
jackson
Ladettes. New identity
of girls that act more
boisterous and smoke
and drink
trad masc
education
mitsos and browne
Teachers tend to be less
strict with boys giving
them more leeway to
underachieve .
trad masc
education
willis
Willis suggests the
teachers allow them to
fail as they have no care
for educational
achievement. Jobs
defined their identity
trad masc
education
kelly
boys dominate science
trad masc
workplace
mac an ghail
Shift to feminized work.
Loss of identity for
working class males due
to deindustrialisation
trad masc
media
easthorpe
shows stars in movies as
violent and aggressive
and boys aspire to be
like them
changing masc
identity
connell
there are
different types of masculine
identities which change
overtime.1 hegemonic.2
complicit- men and women
should share roles. 3
subordinate- women are
more powerful.4
marginalized- men are
afraid they will lose their
traditional jobs
changing masc
media
sewell
media shows
hypermasculinity which
is black males who
adopt a exaggerated
hegemonic masculinity.
They are seen as role
models
changing masc
media
nixon
- invention was a
male stripping down
into his boxers for the
levis advert in 1985
whilst other females
looked.
chaning masc
media
mort
-mort argued that
changed in style which
‘new man’ fashions
changes in male identity
in contemporary
culture.
