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sociologists for gender achievement Flashcards

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FEMALE SUCCESS - EXTERNAL

MCROBBIE - media representations

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  • impact of feminism and media representations
  • girls magazines - images of independent career women
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FEMALE SUCCESS - EXTERNAL

SUE SHARPE - aspirations interviews

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  • interviewed teenage girls in 1970s/1990s
  • changing female aspirations as 1990s more career focused
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FEMALE SUCCESS - EXTERNAL

O’CONNER - female identity

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found marriage and babies were no longer central to the female identity

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FEMALE SUCCESS - EXTERNAL

REAY - stereotyped ambitions

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  • still problems for working class girls - reflecting their position in the class structure
  • they expected to go into low-paid work and had stereotyped ambitions for marriage/babies
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FEMALE SUCCESS - EXTERNAL

BIGGART - motherhood

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working class girls struggle in the labour market and see motherhood as the only viable option

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FEMALE SUCCESS - EXTERNAL

FULLER - educational success

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  • girls believed in meritocracy and educational success was seen as important
  • professional working career would give them their independence
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FEMALE SUCCESS - INTERNAL

what where some policies introduced to help increase gender equality for girls?

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GIST + WISE

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FEMALE SUCCESS - INTERNAL

how did the national curriculum 1988 (ERA) help gender equality?

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  • girls and boys study mostly the same subjects so level playing field
  • girls, traditionally tended to drop out of sciences
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FEMALE SUCCESS - INTERNAL

BOALER - gist + wise

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the introduction of equal opportunities has brought on equality

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FEMALE SUCCESS - INTERNAL

MITSOS & BROWNE - things that benefit girls

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the switch to GCSEs (1988 ERA) and the introduction of coursework/oral exams benefitted the girls

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FEMALE SUCCESS - INTERNAL

FRANCIS - classroom interactions

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girls received more positive teacher attention which benefits their education

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FEMALE SUCCESS - INTERNAL

WEINER (feminist) - sexist images

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sexist images have been removed from learning materials (reading schemes, textbooks etc)

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FEMALE SUCCESS - INTERNAL

JACKSON - marketisation policies and selection

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  • girls are more attractive to schools because of their exam success
  • schools concerned about league tables - boys seen as liability students
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FEMALE SUCCESS - INTERNAL

what do LIBERAL feminists believe about girls success in school?

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recognise progress but believe more improvements could be made through policies/role models

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FEMALE SUCCESS - INTERNAL

what do RADICAL feminists believe about girls success in school?

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  • a more critical view - say schools are still patriarchal

girls suffer from:
- sexual harassment
- gendered subjects
- males more likely to be headteachers

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CLASS IDENTITY AND FEMALES

ARCHER - conflict for working class girls

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working class girls gain symbolic capital for their hyper-heterosexual identity from their peers but symbolic violence from the school

the schools identity is the de-sexualised middle class identity

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CLASS IDENTITY AND FEMALES

EVANS - successful local working class girls

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  • for successful working class girls staying local was part of the female working class identity
  • caring for the family was also important which prevented them from moving away to elite universities
  • this resulted in self-exclusion
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BOYS UNDERACHIEVEMENT

MITSOS & BROWNE - globalisation

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  • decline in traditional male jobs (mining, steel industry, shipbuilding) as they have been relocated to other countries
  • this has created a crisis for the masculine identity - lack of opportunities
  • fewer job prospects
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BOYS UNDERACHIEVEMENT

SEWELL - feminisation of education

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  • school has become feminised with traits such as organisation and attentiveness in class
  • no longer nurture masculine traits such as competitiveness and outdoor activities
  • lack of male teachers in primary schools
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BOYS UNDERACHIEVEMENT

EPSTEIN - laddish subcultures

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  • formation of laddish subcultures found amongst working class boys
  • verbal abuse given to boys who work hard
  • want to be seen as non-feminine
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BOYS UNDERACHIEVEMENT

RINGROSE - moral panic about boys

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there is a moral panic about underachieving boys which removes attention from working class / ethnic minorities / girls - who suffer from harassment, bullying and self esteem issues

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BOYS UNDERACHIEVEMENT

READ - disciplinarian discourse

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doubts whether male teachers are needed as females adopt a disciplinarian discourse that is associated with masculinity

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BOYS UNDERACHIEVEMENT

what where some of the POLICIES introduced to help raise boys achievement?

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READING CHAMPIONS - famous male role models sharing reading interests

DADS & SONS CAMPAIGN - fathers involved with their sons education

PLAYING FOR SUCCESS - sport being used to boost learning skills/motivation

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GENDER & SUBJECT CHOICE

NORMAN - socialisation

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from an early age girls and boys are socialised/encouraged to take part in different activities

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GENDER & SUBJECT CHOICE

ELWOOD & MURPHY - reading tastes

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  • girls and boys develop different reading tastes
  • boys prefer hobby books / girls prefer stories about people
  • this leads to different subject choices
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GENDER & SUBJECT CHOICE

BROWNE & ROSS - gender domain

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tasks/activities are seen as male or female territory and children are more confident / comfortable in their own gender domain

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GENDER & SUBJECT CHOICE

KELLY - science

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  • science is seen as a male subject:
  • teachers are mostly male
  • subject draws on male interests
  • boys dominate labs
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GENDER & SUBJECT CHOICE

COLLEY - computer studies

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  • computer studies seen as masculine
  • involves working with machines
  • few opportunities for group work
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GENDER & SUBJECT CHOICE

LEONARD - single sex schools

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in single sex schools girls are more likely to take maths/physics and boys are more likely to opt for english

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GENDER & SUBJECT CHOICE

FULLER - career opportunities

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  • career opportunities tend to be sex-typed as male/female
  • working class girls tend to be sent on work experience to beauty salons / nurseries / retail
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GENDER & SUBJECT CHOICE

national curriculum LIMITATIONS

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places some limitations but when choices can be made in technology girls go for food tech and boys resistant materials

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GENDER & SUBJECT CHOICE

a levels/vocational subjects choices

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  • boys more likely to pick maths/physics
  • girls more likely to pick sociology/english/languages
  • in vocational subjects the gap is even wider (beauty/gaming)
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SEXUAL & GENDER IDENTITY

LEES - double standards

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girls face verbal abuse for having too many boyfriends/dressing in a certain way which demonstrates patriarchy

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SEXUAL & GENDER IDENTITY

PAECHER - sexual identity

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verbal abuse is used to shape gender/sexual identity which is not a true reflection - just maintaining subcultures and power

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SEXUAL & GENDER IDENTITY

MAC AN GHAILL - the male gaze

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  • the male gaze is used to reinforce heterosexual male dominance
  • girls are seen as sexual objects
  • boys boast about their sexual conquests to prove their masculinity
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SEXUAL & GENDER IDENTITY

MAC AN GHAILL - class based male identities

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  • macho working class lad who is peer-led and underachieves
  • middle class real englishman who achieves with little effort
  • macho working class lad dominates secondary school whilst the middle class real englishman dominates sixth form

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