EXPLANATIONS FOR FEMALE UNDERACHIEVEMENT

      1. SOCIALISATION

SUE SHARPE found that in 1976 WC girls' main concerns were love, marriage etc. & attached less importance to education & careers.

SHARPE repeated her study again in the 1990s & found girls' priorities had changed & that much more importance was attached to careers and work.

BEST HOWEVER, found that even though girls; priorities had changed, in 1992 there were still gender stereotyping books & that there were…