Gender External Factors Flashcards
How has the law changed for women in employment?
Equal pay act (1970)
Sex discrimination act (1975)
How does McRobbie explain the impact of feminism?
She studied girls magazines and found that in the 70s they emphasised the importance of marriage
However now they show images of strong independent women
What did Burns and Bracey find about girls work ethnic in school?
Girls put more effort into work and spent longer on homework than boys
How did Sharpe explain changing girls ambitions?
Interviewed girls - found ambition in the 70s were to marry and have a domestic role
However in the 90s girls had changed priorities to wanting careers and being independent
What did Edwards and David say about primary socialisation of girls?
Girls may have better language skills than boys due to mothers talking more to girls when babies than baby boys
Girls are taught by their parents to conform to more formal standards of behaviour than boys, by the age of seven they are more like to pay attention in class
What does Barber’s study into gender attitudes to work say?
She interviewed boys and girls found that boys ended up overestimating their ability where as girls underestimate their ability so work harder to improve their ability.
Which sociologist came up with the concept of bedroom culture?
McRobbie
How does bedroom culture impact gender differences in educational achievement?
Girls tend to engage in more social and emotional development through activities such as reading and role play activities, more suited for school.
Boys tend to develop more aggressive and boisterous behaviours which may not align with the expectations of the education system
What do Mac an Ghaill argue hinders boys achievement?
Underachievement is due to a ‘crisis of masculinity’
We boys feels that they are unable to occupy the traditional masculine role of ‘breadwinner’ due to globalisation has resulted in the decline of British industry
Also the increase in female opportunities in the workplace had meant less opportunities for males
This results in them seeing academic qualifications as being useless
How do peer groups impact boys underachievement according to Frosh?
Many boys regard school work as ‘feminine’ and ‘unmanly’
They engaged in hyper-masculine behaviour such as bullying the more academic boys
