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1
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1980s

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Major concern with females low achievement

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1990s

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Females began to significantly outperform males

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What class outperformed boys in 1990s?

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Working class

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Present day

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Males tend to be underachieving compared to females

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5
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Who showed that gender achievement rollercoasted

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Browne 2008

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6
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Who does better in sats

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Girls

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7
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Who does better in GCSE’s

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Girls

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8
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What subject do boys outperform girls in GCSE’s

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Science

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9
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What fraction of girls achieve A*-C grades

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2/3

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10
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What fraction of boys achieve A*-C grades

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1/2

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11
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Who stays in post 16 education more

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Girls

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12
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Who is more likely to achieve 3 a levels

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Girls

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13
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Who is accepted into universities

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Girls

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14
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External / outside school factors for why females tend to outperform

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Impact of feminism
Changes in women’s employment
Changes in family
Changing attitude and ambitions

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Internal / inside school factors for why females tend to outperform

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Equal opportunities policies
Positive role models
GCSE and coursework
Stereotyping and labelling

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16
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Sharpe 1976-1994 study

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Just like a girl

17
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Sharpe

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1976 - love marriage husbands children career

1994 - career independence then maybe relationships

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McRobbie

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Magazines such as Jackie in the 70’s encourages women to get married in comparison to nowadays women are presented with positive role models in the media

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Mitsos and Browne

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Economy has created more feminised careers e.g. Health care hospitality and teaching etc

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Equal pay act

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Made it illegal to pay one sex more than the other

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Webb et al

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Number of women in employment went fro 47% to 70% from 1959 to 2007
Pay gap decreased from 30% to 17% since 1975

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Francis

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Interviewed girls on their future careers and since employment increased they aimed for high professions e.g. Doctors

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Weiner

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Sexist images removed books and replaced with more positive female imagery

24
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In what year were GCSES and coursework introduced?

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1988/9

25
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Why does coursework favour girls?

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Spend more time
Take care in presentation
More organised than boys
Develop better speaking in oral exams

26
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Swann

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Boys dominate discussions compared to girls

27
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Groddal

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Boys are more likely to attract the attention of the teacher

28
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Barber

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Boys over estimate their ability whilst girls underestimate theirs

29
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Stanworth

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Boys are more lie,lot to blame lack of effort or teachers for their failure

30
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Epstein

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Boys are likely to be called a sissie or swot as well as being subjected to homophobic harassment

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Wikeley

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Boys opt for scientific and mathematical subjects whereas girls take English and languages at a level

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Kelly

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Science teachers more likely to be male
Boys monopolise the equipment
Text books more suited to male interests

33
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Paetcher

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Girls are called butch and lesbian if involved in sport

34
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Connell

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Hegemonic masculinity - dominance of heterosexual masculine identities

35
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Male gaze

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Females are seen as sexual objects by a hegemonic masculine identity

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