Pupils' sexual and gender identities Flashcards
(25 cards)
What are double standards?
When one set of moral standards differs to another group
What does Sue Lees identify?
A double standard of sexual morality
What are the double standards of sexual morality?
Boys = Boast of their own sexual exploits
but…
Call a girl a ‘slag’ if she has rocky relationships + dresses in a certain way
How is sexual conquest approved?
Given status by male peers
Ignored by male teachers
How do Feminists view double standards?
They’re an example of a patriarchal ideology
What can double standards be seen as?
Reinforcing female oppression
a specific vocabulary
How are dominant gender and sexual identities enforced?
Through “a rich vocabulary of abuse”
Who talks about “a rich vocabulary of abuse”?
Connell
What is an example of Connell’s terminology?
Boys use name-calling to put girls down if they behave/dress in a certain way
What does Paechter see name calling as?
Reinforcing the male power
How do students police eachother’s sexual identities using labels?
Labels like ‘gay, queer and lezzie’
What did Andrew Parker find?
Boys were labelled gay by being friendly with girls or female teachers
What is the function of these labels?
To reinforce gender norms and identities
What is the male gaze?
Where male students and teachers refer to girls as sexual objects and making judgements about their appearance
Who is the sociologist for the male gaze?
Mac an Ghaill
What does Mac an Ghaill see the male gaze as?
A form of surveillance
How do boys prove their masculinity?
Boast of their sexual experiences
Boys that don’t display this risk the Gay label
How do male teachers do the male gaze?
Judge girl students through uniform
“Roll up your skirt, tuck your shirt in”
Through how does male peer groups reinforce their definitions of masculinity?
Through verbal abuse
What do the Epstein and Willis studies show?
Anti-school boys accuse the hardworking boy students of being gay
What happens in Mac an Ghaill’s study of Parnell School?
W/C macho lads were dismissing other W/C boys aspiring careers
What did the W/C macho lads refer to them as?
‘dickhead achievers’
What does this represent?
The shift from W/C ideas based on toughness and M/C ideas based on intellectual ability
What does the representation reflect?
The more M/C composition and atmosphere of sixth form
