Gender

Question 1

External Factors

Answer 1

• Changes in girls’ ambitions
• Changes in family
• Leisure time
• Gender socialisation
• Boys and Literacy
• ## Changes in the economy

Question 2

Internal Factors

Answer 2

• Labelling
• Equal Opps policy
• Coursework
• Laddish Subcultures
• ## Feminisation of education

Question 3

Gendered Subject choice

Answer 3

Girls and boys, when given the choice, still overwhelmingly choose subjects that are stereotypically male or female. Girls tend to choose subjects such as languages, English Literature, Health and Social Care, which lead them towards traditionally female roles later in life. Whilst boys tend to opt for maths and science, which often lead to higher status jobs.

Question 4

Gender Binary

Answer 4

Examples of how schools reinforce the gender binary:

· Boys are told to “man up”

· Teachers tell boys to stop acting like girls

· Peer pressure – girls tell their friends that they need to look pretty at the school disco

· Male gaze (boys look girls up and down) – girls feel they have to look good e.g. nice hair

· Teachers are stricter on girls if they are rude in class (because it is not feminine)