Gender Flashcards
Which gender does better in every educational milestone?
Girls do better than boys but still earn 24% less than men
What did Sharpe research?
1970 she interviewed girls in their last year of school
Asked them what they wanted after school
They answered with marriage and babies
1990 she interviewed girls again in their last year of school and asked them what they wanted after school
They answered jobs and careers
What did Mitsos and Browne believe?
Decline in manufacturing
Men less likely to work
Boys less likely to try at school as less jobs
What did the government introduce when they were underachieving?
Feminised the school curriculum
Introduced course work
Why are girls better at coursework than boys?
Take more care in their work to ensure its perfect
What does Barbour believe?
Boys overestimate their abilities encouraging them to work less whereas girls underestimate their abilities
What types of subjects are boys more likely to chose?
STEM
What types of subjects are girls more likely to chose?
Arts and Humanities
What did El Wood believe?
Differential socialisation Boys and Girls been given different norms and values Girls been taught to nurture Boys been taught to be tough Girls given stories about relationships Boys given science books about the world
What does Kelly believe?
Lack of role models in subject areas
Science - male dominated
English - women dominated
What did Dewar believe?
Importance of peer pressure in subjects
Girls less likely to take sports as being labelled ‘Butch’
Boys less like to take textiles
What does Connell believe?
Hegemonic masculinities Idea that masculinities dominate Male gaze - Girls seen as sexual objects Being female seen as lesser than male Teachers tease boys when they try hard Verbal abuse given to students if they want to do things outside a gender
