Gender: Outside Of School Factors, Why Boys Do Worse - Socialisation Into Hegemonic Gender Identities

Question 1

Mac an ghail

Answer 1

• highlights the impact of changes in the job market, particularly the industrialisation on working class boys and the educational achievement
• Found that the industrialisation of traditional roles led to a crisis of masculinity due to the changes in the job market and the lack of qualifications from boys leading to negative attitudes towards education
• Study suggests that the decline of traditional male jobs in manufacturing industries has led to a crisis of masculinity making working class boys uncertain about the future roles and perceiving qualifications as a waste of time
• this can contribute to disengagement from education and the formation of anti-school sub cultures

Question 2

Willis

Answer 2

• The lads displayed a strong hegemonic masculinity which didn’t value education as they saw it as pointless and not relevant to the jobs they thought they were destined for (manual labour)
• their peer group was anti school and they were reproducing their working class position by not valuing education and playing up in class