Card 41 - Gender Education: Subject Choice

Question 1

How do Murphy and Elwood explain gender differences?

Answer 1

• The difference in boys and girls reading texts can help explain their choice in subjects.
• Boys tend to read things such as hobby books and information texts, while girls are more likely to read stories about people and how they feel.

Question 2

What are gender domains? What are their effects according to Browne and Ross?

Answer 2

• By gender domains they mean the tasks and activities which fall into a certain gender, such mending the car would be seen as a masculine job.
• This affects their confidence as girls are more confident tackling a maths question which is related to food or nutrition while boys are more confident when it is relating to cars.