Topic 4

Question 1

Gender

Answer 1

Social and cultural characteristics of men and women . Gender differences in behaviour are cultural in origin and are learned through gender role socialisation

Question 2

Gender domains

Answer 2

Tasks and activities boys and girls see as their territory e.g. Fixing a car is seen in the male gender domain children’s beliefs on gender domains are shaped from early experiences and adult expectations

Question 3

Male gaze

Answer 3

The way male pupils and teachers look girls up and down seeing them as sexual objects end making judgments about their appearance. Mac and Ghaill are the male gaze as a form of surveillance through which dominant heterosexual masculinity is reinforced and femininity devalued