Why girls are achieving in education (external factors)
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- Created on: 07-03-19 11:53
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- why girls are achieving in education (external factors)
- impact of feminism
- feminist movement challenged the stereotype of womens role being housewife and mother
- The changes are reflected in the media, strong independent women
- affected girls self esteem and abmitions
- more likely to work hard in school and improve educational achievement
- changes in the family
- increase in divorce rate
- cant rely on husbands to provide financially so have to work hard to look after themselves
- increase in single parent families
- finaincially indeopendant female is new role model. need well paid job and good education to do this
- increase in divorce rate
- changes in womens employment
- equal pay movement
- can achieve higher status jobs which gives girls the motivation to achieve
- changes in womens ambition
- morewomen in paid work due to sex discrimination act and can break through the glass ceiling
- encouraged girls to see their future in terms of paid work rather than housewives
- greater opportunities provide incentive to gain qualificatioms
- sue sharpes- 1970;s girls priorities were love, marriage and kids
- 1990's girls more likely to put a career as main priority and work hard in school to achieve this
- impact of feminism
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