9Ed gender and subject choice

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what are the most popular male a level subjects?
computing, physics and maths
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what are the most popular female a level subjects?
sociology, english and drama
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what are the most popular male vocational courses?
engineering and construction
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what are the most popular female vocational courses?
health and social care and child care
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what are the 3 external explanations of subject choice?
early socialisation, gendered career opportunities and social class
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What does Norman argue?
From an early age, boys and girls are dressed differently given different toys and encouraged to take part in different activities.
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what did Murphy and elwood say about early socialisation?
boys prefer to read information texts while girls prefer to read stories explaining why girls prefer english and why boys prefer science
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what did Browne and Ross say about early socialisation?
gender domains (things specifically associated with each gender) are established from an early age and children are more confident doing things within their gender domain
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what did Fuller find about working class girls?
they were ambitious within their gender domain in subjects such as hairdressing and childcare and their school pushed them into traditional gender roles
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What percent of women's employment falls within the four categories (clerical secretarial, personal services and occupations?
over half.
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What percent of men work in these 4 categories?
1/6
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what are the 2 internal explanations of subject choice?
gendered subjects and peer pressure
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what did kelly find about gendered subjects?
science is seen as a male subject because science teachers are usually male and male pupils dominate science lessons
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what did colley find about gendered subjects?
computer science is a seen as a male subject because it involves working with machines and the way it is taught is off putting to girls
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what did Dfe find as a criticism to gendered subjects?
pupils in single sex schools were less likely to associate subjects with genders
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what did Leonard find about same sex schools
analysed data and found that girls in same sex schools were more likely to take maths and science and study male subjects at uni and boys were more likely to take English and languages
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what did Dewar find about peer pressure?
girls who were interested in sports were called lesbian or butch
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what did Peatcher find about peer pressure?
pupils see sports as part of the male gender domain
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what are the 4 internal ways schools enforce gender identities?
verbal abuse, male peer groups, female peer groups, teachers and discipline
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what did Lees find about verbal abuse in school?
boys call girls slags for being sexually available and call them drags if they arent
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what did peatcher find about verbal abuse in school?
name calling maintains male power
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what did Willis and Epstein find about male peer groups?
boys in anti school subcultures accuse boys who work hard of being gay
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what did redman and Mac an ghaill find about male peer groups?
the definition of masculine changes from appearing tough to appearing intelligent in sixth form
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what did archer find about female peer groups?
working class girls gain status by having hyper-heterosexual personalities
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what did Ringrose find about female peer groups?
popularity is a crucial factor of a girls identity and girls face tension between showing loyalty to friends and competing for a boyfriend
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what did Reay find about female peer groups?
girls who showed little interest in dating and fashion were given boffin identities
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what did Haywood and Mac an Ghail find about teachers and discipline?
male teachers tell boys off for behaving like girls
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what did askew and ross find about teachers and discipline?
male teachers are protective over female teachers and rescue them from threatening pupils suggesting they cant cope alone
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what are the 2 external explanations for gender identities?
male gaze and double standards
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what is the male gaze?
the way boys look girls up and down treating them like sexual objects and judging their appearance
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what did Mac an Ghaill find about the male gaze?
it is a way that boys prove their masculinity by showing their heterosexuality and avoiding being called gay
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what are double standards?
when a set of morals apply to one group but not another
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what did Lees say about double standards?
it is acceptable for boys to boast about their sexual experiences and helps them gain status but when girls do the same they are labelled as slags
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