Gender and Subject Choice Flashcards
Gendered Subject Images:
Kelly argues science is seen as a boy subjected you to majority of science teachers be men, examples index books during the boys interest as well as the fact they monopolise and dominate the labs.
What did Paetcher find out about Peer Pressure?
Paetcher found pupils saw sport in the male domain so females who enjoyed sports had to cope with the image against the conventional female.
What did Dewer find out about Peer Pressure?
They found boys called girls who enjoyed spots butch or lesbian.
Gendered Career Opportunities:
Employment is highly gendered, women’s job consist of mostly childcare and nursing it is normally concentrated in a narrow range over half of women straps are clerical secretarial and personal services such as cleaning, boys get the message that these types of jobs are typically form and so will opt out of them.
Early Socialisation:
Parents tend to reward girls for being passive while boys are rewarded for being active.
What does Byrne argue about Early Socialisation?
They found teachers encourage boys to be tough and show initiative whereas girls are expected to be quiet and tidy.
What does Murphy argue about Early Socialisation?
Found boys and girls interpret tasks differently meaning they pay attention to different things in the same tasks. Girls typically are more feeling and boys are typically wasn’t to know how things work.
