gender - sexual and gender sociologists

Question 1

Connell

Answer 1

argues experiences in schools often reinforce ‘hegemonic masculinity’
dominance of a heterosexual masculine identity and the subordination of female and gay identities

Question 2

Lees

Answer 2

boys boast about their sexual exploits but girls get called slags if they don’t have a steady boyfriend of dress a certain way

Question 3

Connell

Answer 3

dominant gender and sexual identities are reinforced through a vocab of abuse

Question 4

Lees

Answer 4

girls seen as sexually available by boys were called ‘slags’ and those who weren’t were called ‘drags’

Question 5

Mac an Ghaill

Answer 5

the male gaze is a way for boys to prove their masculinity and is often combined with telling stories of sexual relations
reinforces hegemonic masculinity and devalues femininity and homosexuality

Question 6

Willis

Answer 6

hegemonic masculinity

Question 7

Mac an Ghaill

Answer 7

WC ‘macho lads’ were dismissive of other WC boys who worked hard and referred to them as ‘dickhead achievers’

Question 8

Ringrose

Answer 8

small scale study of 13-14 WC girls
popularity was crucial to identity
idealised feminine = loyal, non-competitive, getting along with friends
sexualised identity = competing for boys in dating culture

Question 9

Currie

Answer 9

girls face a risky balancing act between friends and dating
don’t want to be seen as too competative, shamed as sluts
don’t want to be shamed as frigid either

Question 10

Mac and Ghaill and Haywood

Answer 10

male teachers told boys off for behaving like girls or gaining lower marks than girls
teachers tended to ignore boys’ verbal abuse of girls

Question 11

Askew and Ross

Answer 11

male teachers protective attitude towards female colleagues sends the message women cannot cope alone