Views on Youth Culture - Feminist Flashcards
What are 4 examples of female subcultures?
Riot Grrrls
Sk8ter Girls
Bedroom Culture (McRobbie and Garber)
New Wave Girls (Blackman)
What do feminists argue about women’s roles in working class youth culture?
Girls definitely play a secondary role in the defining of the youth culture, especially so in the working class youth cultures. Feminists say working class youth cultures mirror the patriarchal society that still exists in Britain, i.e. a society run by men for men’s benefits.
How do male sociologists reflect the patriarchal society that is run by men for men’s benefits?
They do very little, if any, research into female youth culture (malestream).
Why can girls not participate in wide youth culture according to feminists?
They are practically locked up. They are ferried everywhere as children are raised to fear sexual abuse from strangers almost to the exclusion of everything else. This gives them very little freedom and so they make the most of it with bedroom culture.
