Feminist Analysis of Youth Cultures Flashcards
What is Malestream?
When male sociologists research from a masculine perspective
Name 2 feminist sociologists who did Youth Culture investigations
McRobbie and Garber
What did the sociologists suggest about girls in youth cultures?
They were invisible as male sociologists only interested in boys behaviour
What did male sociologists assume about girls in youth cultures?
They were only passive participants
What did McRobbie and Garber do?
Studied roles of girls in youth cultures
Which youth cultures did McRobbie and Garber investigate?
Teddy Boys Mods Rockers Hippies
What did they find with Teddy Girls?
Dressed like Teddy Boys but spent less time on the streets due to parent control
What did they find with rockers?
Girls did not own or ride motorbikes. They played a sexualized role. Male rockers could have exploited them
What did they find with mods?
Lots of girls were mods. Parents allowed it as the style wasn’t threatening. Culture was more feminised
What did they find with hippies?
Middle class girls in higher education were hippies. Adopted ‘Earth Mother’ style. Organised anti-war protests
What did Frith say about McRobbie and Garber’s argument?
Supported it - girls were overlooked as they were not on the streets due to parental controls
What 2 magazines did girls form youth cultures around?
Jackie Cathy and Claire
How did the magazines socialise the girls?
It taught them how to build and sustain friendships and relationships and look after themselves
What were the social benefits of the girl magazines?
Girls could be better connected
What topics did the magazines cover?
Clothes Male singers Hair Self care
What is ‘bedroom culture’?
Low effort interests that girls could do easily
What were the minimum requirements for bedroom culture?
A Record Player and permission to invite friends
Who created the concept of bedroom culture?
McRobbie and Garber
What is a reason male sociologists found it difficult to get youth culture information from girls?
They never gave much information as they were ‘giggly’ and ‘passive’
What did McRobbie and Garber find girls were doing instead of going out for youth culture activities?
Staying at home listening to music and reading magazines
What is significant about the amount of commitment to bedroom culture?
Low level commitments
Why might have now level commitments been better for the girls?
It would not interfere with their other responsibilities
What was important about Jackie?
It provided ‘maps of meaning’ encouraging relationships with men but safely through fantasy
What was a limitation with the magazines that McRobbie found?
The ‘map’ could not be interpreted and adapted to the real world
What did McRobbie label the parts of Jackie enforcing structured femininity?
Codes’
What were the codes present in the magazine?
Code of Romance Code of Fashion and BeautyCode of Pop Music Code of Personal Life
What did McRobbies magazine study reveal?
Girls used it as a resource to pick up tips on fashion and beauty to attract a man
How did magazines help girls become more independent?
Agony Aunt entries such as Cathy and Claire taught them how to solve common problems
What was passive about the discussion of magazine contents?
Pop music discussion was only about the male singer, not showing a genuine interest in the music
What did listening to pop music help the girls with?
Develop fantasies about romance with the male pop artists
What did McRobbie and Garber’s overall study important?
Addressed position of girls in youth cultures and youth cultures could exist in private and public
Which agent of socialisation was important to girls youth cultures? Why?
The Media as they provided the magazines and the music
What did McRobbie suggest about bedroom culture’s existence in 2007?
They still existed but the parts of the culture are now obtained with computers and smartphones
What did Hall et al research?
The effects of sexualised song lyrics on young audiences
What were the effects of sexualised song lyrics for young boys and girls?
For boys it was more likely to make them treat young women as objects. For girls it made them more likely to have a poor body image
Which sociologist supports Hall et al’s view?
Rose
What did Rose find?
Less women now in Hiphop than 20 years ago. Women in it now are extremely sexualised
