Gender Identity Flashcards
(6 cards)
1
Q
Male peer groups
A
Mac an Ghaill
- ‘macho lads’
2
Q
Teachers and discipline
A
Haywood and Mac an Ghaill
- boys told off for ‘behaving like girls’
Francis
- girls expected to be quiet and comformists
3
Q
Male gaze
A
Mac an Ghaill
4
Q
Verbal abuse
A
Francis
- boys dominate classroom discussions
5
Q
Female peer groups: Policing identity
A
Archer
- girls gain symbolic capital by performing hyper-heterosexual feminine identity
Currie et al
- balance competing demands
- female subculture and competing for boys
Reay
- if want success in education, present asexual identity
6
Q
‘Successful’ working-class girls
A
Evan’s
- go to university to increase earning power, not for themselves, but to help families
