gender gap and external factors

Question 1

why do girls do better in school ?

Answer 1

-different attitudes to learning
-better motivation
-differnces in class behaviour
-increasing career ambition
-girls mature quicker

Question 2

external factors for gender gap

Answer 2

-equal pay act 1970
-sex discrimination
-shared parent leave

Question 3

feminsim ?

Answer 3

-challegend the patrichal nuclear family
-mcrobbie changed magazines 1970s-traditional women 1990’s-assertive independant women

Question 4

changes in family

Answer 4

-increased in divorce rates, cohabition,lone parents,these changes impact girls attitudes and gave them role models

Question 5

change in women employments ?

Answer 5

-propertion of women in employment has risen 47% in 1979 to over 70% in 2007

Question 6

girls changing ambition?

Answer 6

sharpe- says in the 70s girls had low aspirations and thought ambition was unattractive
-in the 90s they wanted to be independant women

Question 7

ringrose

Answer 7

-moral panic WIC boys grow up dangerous/ unemployable