Male Disadvantage Education

Question 1

What did Willis say?

Answer 1

• working class lads are fatalistic about their futures due to following in their fathers footsteps leading them to low status, low paid, basic manual labour jobs
• developed anti school attitudes in the workplace as they did not see the value in achievement

Question 2

What did Mitsos and Browne say?

Answer 2

• teachers treat males and females differently and that this can cause inequality for boys
• teachers are too lenient on laddish behaviour of boys and that this can do them a disservice leading to lack of achievement
• whereas hard on girls who are seen as breaking both school rules and gender norms (doubly deviant)

Question 3

What did the department of education say?

Answer 3

• in 2019, 71.9% of female students achieved C/4 grade or higher in comparison to 62.9% of male students who achieved a C/4 grade or higher in the UK