girls achievement external

Question 1

impact of feminism researcher -

Answer 1

mcrobbie

Question 2

what did mcrobbie do

Answer 2

analysed girl’s magazines in the 1970s which portrayed women as getting married and doing domestic laboue whereas nowadays they emphasise the importance of careers and education

Question 3

changing expectations - 2 researchers

Answer 3

sharpe and francis

Question 4

what did sharpe say

Answer 4

In the 1970s Sharpe (1994) found that young girls valued marriage and bringing up a family before a career & saw educational success as unfeminine

Question 5

what did francis say

Answer 5

Francis (2001) asked girls about their career ambitions, most had high aspirations and very few saw their future in traditional female jobs.

Question 6

what changes in the family have occurred

Answer 6

Since the 1970’s there have been major changes in the family such as, increase in divorce rate, increase in lone parent families
girls may need to take on breadwinner role so new female role model
divorce rate means girls find it unreliable to depend on partner

Question 7

what changes in employment have occurred

Answer 7

There are now more employment opportunities for women than previously as a result of the expansion of the service sector. Changes in the law such as the 1970 Equal pay act and the Sex discrimination act give women more employment rights.

Question 8

what happend to pay gap

Answer 8

Since 1975 the pay gap between men and women has almost halved