Gender Subject Choice

Question 1

(Byrne) (Ross and Browne) Gender role socialisation

Answer 1

Teachers encourage boys to be rough, to show initiative and to not be weak while girls are expected to be helpful and tidy.

Children are more confident in engaging in tasks that are part of their gender domain eg mending a car is masculine

Question 2

Gendered subject images and (Kelly) example

Answer 2

The gender image impacts who will want to choose it.

Computor studies is masculine because it involves working with machines