Pupils Sexual And Gender Identities

Question 1

Double standards/ verbal abuse

Answer 1

Lee found boys boast about own sexual exploits but call girl ‘slag’ if she doesn’t have steady boyfriend or dresses a certain way
The male gaze-Mac an Ghaill sees it as form of surveillance where heterosexual masculinity is reinforced

Question 2

Male peer group

Answer 2

Mac an Ghaill’s study found wc macho lads were dismissive of wc boys who worked hard and aspired to mc careers

Question 3

Female peer groups

Answer 3

Ringrose study of wc girls found tensions between an idealised feminine identity (showing loyalty to the female peer group), a sexualised identity and a boffin identity (wanting to be successful educationally)

Question 4

Teachers and discipline

Answer 4

Ross found male teachers used protective attitudes towards female colleagues, came into classrooms to ‘rescue’ them reinforcing idea women can’t cope alone