Feminism + Youth

Question 1

Angela McRobbie

(1976)

Answer 1

• Girls only present in subculture as girlfrirends + to look pretty
• Girls subcultures not seen as interesting
• Most researchers are male
• Many theories devised from observing boys do not fit girls

• Girls participate in subcultures
• Girls participate in deviance
• More female sociologists

Question 2

Smart

(1976)

Answer 2

• Parents excersise more control over daughters
• Girls restricted to private domestic sphere
• More difficult for girls to enter subcultures

• Restrictions can also be due to age or culture
• Other methods of restriction now that allow to leave the house - e.g. tracking

Question 3

Lincoln

(2004)

Answer 3

• Updated bedroom culture for the 21st century
• Bedrooms divided into zones
• Bedroom goes through transtition from childhood to youth

• This transition does not only happen to girls

Question 4

Shane Blackman

(1995
)

Answer 4

• Studied “new wave girls”
• Interest in punk music
• Wore androgynous clothing
• Working/lower middle class
• Pro education, anti school
• Resist masculine and parental control

• This style has become standard - not standout