Girls Achievment: Class, Gender and Identity Flashcards
Statistics
Only 40% of WC girls achieve 5 A*-C GCSE grades as opposed to 67% of MC girls and those not on FSM.
What are the 6 WC female identities?
- Being loud
- Hyper sexual feminine identities
- Successful WC girls
- WC girls dilemma
- Boyfriends
- Symbolic Capitalism
Being Loud:
WC girls after adapt loud feminine identities which lead to them been outspoken independent and assertive which causes conflict between teachers as they see that behaviour as aggressive. 
Hyper-Sexual Feminine Identities:
Bourdieu states they mainly invest their money, time and effort into looking desirable hyper heterosexual feminine identities due to be ridiculed by other females for the way they look so good and symbolic violence due to defying symbolic capital.
Successful WCG
Evans found 21 WCG in a 64 who want to go to university however they wanted to go for their families and not themselves illustrated the motivation which reflects WC feminine identities they also had a fear of debt so state hope all went to university is closer to home.
WCG Dilemma:
Dilemma to gain symbolic capital from peers via hyper sexual feminine identity or educational capital by rejecting WC identities confirming to MC school habitus.. Archer found WC feminine identities and educational success conflict as feminine identities cause major underachievement due to them focusing on their image but not their education.
Boyfriends:
WCG can symbolic capital via boyfriend but this gets in the way of school work and lowers aspirations, girls lose interest in studying masculine jobs and aspire to settle down and have children and work locally in feminised jobs such as childcare or nursing.
Symbolic Capitalism:
By performing WC feminine identities symbolic capital conflicts with school as it gets in the way and stops them from achieving educational capital and achievement.
