Norman- from an early age boys and girls are dressed differently and put in different activities. This sets them up to prefer/ be better at different subjects when they're older.
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Vocational Courses
Prepare students for a particular course. Gender segregation is very noticeable. Eg 1 in 100 childcare apprentices are male 2 in 100 Construction apprentices are female.
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Gender Domains
Tasks/activities boys and girls see as male or female. More confident in tasks of own gender domain.
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Gendered Subject Images
Paechter- pupils see sport as a masculine subject, girls who are sporty have to cope with an image that contradicts female stereotypes which explains why girls are likely to opt out of sport. Dewar- boys would call girls butch if interested in sport.
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Single Sex School
Leonard analysed data on 13,000 indivs found that compared to students in mixed schools, girls in girls' schools are more likely to take maths and science A Levels. Boys in boys' schools are more likely to take English and languages.
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Gender Identity
Due to the negative peer pressure response, it stops males and females doing certain subjects are they are peer-pressured into not doing it.
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Gendered Career Opportunities
Many jobs are either seen to be 'male' or 'female' and tend to be dominated by one gender, for example nursing is dominated by women and engineering is dominated by males.
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Double Standards
Double standards exists when we apply one set of moral standards to one group but a different set to another group.
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Male Gaze
Male pupils and teachers look girls up and down seeing them as sexual objects and making judgements on their appearance. Mac and Ghaill- form of surveillance where dominant heterosexual masculinity is reinforced and femininity devalued.
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Verbal Abuse
Boys calling girls 'slags' if appeared to be sexually available.
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Male Peer Groups
Mac and Ghaill- Reproduce a range of different class based on masculine identities - 'macho lads'
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Norman
Girls and boys are socialised very differently from a very early age.
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Kelly
Argues science is seen as a boys' subject- Teachers are more likely to be men. Examples used draw on boys' rather than girls' interests boys monopolise the apparatus and dominate the lab.
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Card 2
Front
Prepare students for a particular course. Gender segregation is very noticeable. Eg 1 in 100 childcare apprentices are male 2 in 100 Construction apprentices are female.
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Vocational Courses
Card 3
Front
Tasks/activities boys and girls see as male or female. More confident in tasks of own gender domain.
Back
Card 4
Front
Paechter- pupils see sport as a masculine subject, girls who are sporty have to cope with an image that contradicts female stereotypes which explains why girls are likely to opt out of sport. Dewar- boys would call girls butch if interested in sport.
Back
Card 5
Front
Leonard analysed data on 13,000 indivs found that compared to students in mixed schools, girls in girls' schools are more likely to take maths and science A Levels. Boys in boys' schools are more likely to take English and languages.
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