Paper 1 - Gender identity Flashcards
Nature/ Nurture
Nature - sex, biological
Nurture - gender, cultural expect
Connell - femininity
Passive - traditional, submissive
Assertive - resists masculine controls
Normative - focuses on looks
Connell - masculinity
Hegemonic - hetero, macho breadwinner
Subordinate - gay men
Complicit - ‘new man’ shared roles
Marginalised - reject nature of labour market (crisis of masculinity)
Family - Oakley
Manipulation - encourage gender specific behaviour
Verbal Appilations- ‘good girl’ ‘bad boy’
Canalisation - channel to toys/activities of their sex
Activities - diff for boys and girls
EVAL: Parsons - biological behaviour, secondary socialisation
Family - Archer - (Muslim boys)
Masculinity Muslim boys
men, strong women, resepct them
EVAL: Asian girls higher education/career, use western values
Family - Genderless child
challenge stereotypes, gender a secret
EVAL: not gender neutral toilets everywhere
Workplace - Mac an Ghail (masculine crisis)
Crisis of masculinity, decrease manual labour, not fulfil role
EVAL: ‘new man’ more fem side, share tasks e.g. childcare
Workplace - Willis
Learning to labour - prepared for workplace, school failure
factories like dad w/c messing around
EVAL: decline manual labour, more men in hospitality
w/c male identity dead
Education - (teachers etc)
Sexist teachers- male teacher solidify boys sexist behaviour
posters, playground behaviour and subject teachers - gender specific
EVAL: girls out preform boys in ‘boy subjects’ maths, science
Education -** Mac an Ghail **(3f’s)
Hypermasculinity - 3F’s - Football Fighting Fucking
dickhead achievers - well as school
EVAL: Jacksons - ladette culture
Education - Willis
w/c anti-school subculture, have laugh, dc ab education
Peer groups - Lees
promiscuity - boys - ‘hero’ girls - ‘slags and sluts’
EVAL: Jacksons - ladette culture
Peer groups - Willis
cheeky groups, muck around, seem macho
EVAL: Mach an Ghail - crisis of masculinity, decrease manual labour
Peer groups - Miller (focal concerns)
w/c diff values
value freedom/ excitement
Media - Becker (interactionist)
Self fulfilling prophecy, labels
passive fem - incompetant, pretty
EVAL: Primary socialisation> secondary depends on character
