CI: Feminist Socialisation

Question 1

ao1s

Answer 1

Anne Oakley - gendered activities
mass media - reinforces “normal femininity”
education - hidden curriculum encouraging female conformity
rad fem : brainwashed into believing they want to perform a domestic role

Question 2

ao2s

Answer 2

boys - adventurous, camping, fighting, roughhousing,, girls - babysitting, cores. crafts
Vogue / Vogue Beauty Secrets
school leadership is mostly men
told they’ll be happy with children, though studies found unmarried women had higher levels of satisfaction

Question 3

ao3s

Answer 3

social expectations of “normal” behaviour
focus on appearance
internalisation that they cannot achieve leadership positions and be taken seriously
traditional roles may appear desirable, with standard nuclear family structures

Question 4

aoEs

Answer 4

assumes passivity in socialisation

diverse range of media, promotion of range of images

promotion of female leadership in education settings

Somerville is particularly critical of this, ignores recent progress