Education - Gender differences

Question 1

McRobbie (Study)

Answer 1

McRobbie studied girls magazines - in the 1970s they emphasized the importance of getting married and not being “left on the shelf” and in the 1990s they reinforce images of assertive, independent women

Question 2

Sue Sharpe (study)

Answer 2

In the 1970s - girls had low aspirations, they believed that education success was unfeminine and being ambitious was unattractive - getting married and having children was the goal for them.
1990s - girls had a different list of priorities with a career being first and becoming independent, rather than dependent on her husband.

Question 3

Mitsos and Browne

Answer 3

Girls do better at coursework than boys and the feminist movement raised girls standards.

Question 4

Sewell

Answer 4

Boys fall behind because education has become “feminized” - schools do not nurture masculine traits such as competitive ness instead they nurture traits such as attentiveness.

Question 5

McRobbie - theory

Answer 5

Bedroom culture - girls are socialized inside the home whereas boys are socialized outside the home - this causes for girls to achieve better in school because they have grown up through this

Question 6

Swann

Answer 6

Teacher take their time telling off boys rather than teaching them.