The role of education: Feminism
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- The role of education: Feminism
- Although girls are now over performing boys at all levels, they still argue that it reinforces the patriarchal views
- Leading to girls moving into lower paid jobs when they leave school.
- Changes
- Since girls have started to improve in education
- Feminists focus more on the subject girls and boys choose in school and the lower paid jobs they get when they leave school
- Until mid-1990s, boys achieved more in school than girls.
- Feminists 'girls were overlooked in the education system, with the focus being on boys' achievement
- Gendered subject choice occurs when girls choose subjects that are considered 'female' subjects and boy choose more 'male' subjects
- Since girls have started to improve in education
- Gendered subject choices
- Inequalities between boys and girls
- Plays role in socialisation of girls and boys
- Evaluation
- Underestimating the change in girls' positions educationally
- Focuses on women's positions in society rather than considering the issue of gender more broadly
- Although girls are now over performing boys at all levels, they still argue that it reinforces the patriarchal views
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