external- gender and achievement

Question 1

what does McRobbie argue about the impact of feminism on girls achievement

Answer 1

study of girls magazines in the 1970s emphasised the importance of getting married and not being ‘left on the shelf’
whereas in the 1990s they contain images of assertive and independent women

improvement in achievement therefore comes from believing and seeing that women can have succsessful careers

Question 2

how have changes in the family since 1970 had an impact on achievement

Answer 2

• increased divorce rate. seen more lone parent female headed families creating a new adult breadwinner role model and images of independent women and to achieve this girls need good grades
• similarly increase in divorce rate shows girls that they cant rely on husbands and need to make a way fro themselves

Question 3

when was the equal pay act and how much has the pay gap decreased since then

Answer 3

1970

since 1975 pay gap halves between 30% to 15%

Question 4

how has the proportion of women in employed roles increased?

Answer 4

53% in 1971 to 67% in 2013 and more now

Question 5

what did sue Sharpe’s study show about changing ambitions of young girls

Answer 5

interviews girls in the 1970s who has low aspirations and believed educational success was unfeminine and appearing ambitious was unatttractive. main focus was finding a husband and having kids

by 1990s girls were prioritising having careers before setting down and were more-likely to see themselves as independent women in the future

Question 6

class differences in gender and ambition

Answer 6

some working class girls still have stereotypes aspirations for marriage and children

REAY- argues that this reflects the reality of the girls’ class position. limited asirations refelct thier limited job opportunity