What did Browne and Ross argue about
gender domains?
children’s beliefs about gender domains are shaped by their early experiences and the expectations of adults
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What did Patricia Murphy find out
gender domains?
boys and girls pay attention to different details even when tackling the same task
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What does Kelly argue about
gendered subject images
science is seen as a boys subject because: science teachers are more likely to be men, examples often draw on boys interests, boy dominate the apparatus
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What does Anne Colley argue about
gendered subject images
computer studies is masculine as it involves working with machines, the way it’s taught is off putting to girls
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What did Diana Leonard find when researching
single sex schooling
compared to pupils in mixed schools, girls in girls schools were more likely to take maths or science and boys in boys schools are more likely to take english and languages
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What did Carrie Paechter find about
gender identity/ peer pressure
that because pupils see sport as mainly within the male domain, girls who are sporty have to cope with an issue that contradicts the women’s stereotypes
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What did Alison Dewar find about
gender identity/ peer pressure
found that male student would call girls ‘lesbian’ or ‘butch’ if they appeared interested in sport
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What did Carol Fuller’s study find?
most of the wc girls she studied had ambitions to go into jobs in child care or hair and beauty
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What is ‘hegemonic masculinity’ according to
Bob Connell
the dominance of heterosexual masculine identity and the subordination of female and gay identities
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What does Sue Lees identify about
double standards
a double standard of sexual morality in which boys boast about their own sexual exploits, but call a girl a ‘****’ if she doesn’t have a steady bf or speak/dress a certain way
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What did Lees find about
verbal abuse
girls were called ‘slags’ if they appeared to be sexual available and ‘drags’ if they didn’t
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What did Andrew Parker find about
verbal abuse
boys were labelled gay simply for being friendly with other girls
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What is the male gaze, according to
Mac an Ghaill
it is the way male teachers/pupils look girls up and down, seeing them as sexual objects and making judgements about their appearance
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What did Mairtin Mac an Ghaill’s study find about
male peer groups
study of Parnell school examines how peer groups reproduce a range of different class based masculine gender identities
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What did Redman and Mac an Ghaill find about
male peer groups
the dominant definition of masculine identity changes from that of macho lads in lower school to real Englishmen in 6th form
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What was Jessica Ringrose’s study on
female peer groups
small scale study of 13-14 year old working class girls peer groups in South Wales school
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What did Ringrose find about
female peer groups
transition from girls friendship culture to heterosexual dating culture
*idealised feminine identity- got on with everyone and showed loyalty to friendship group
*sexual identity- involved competing for boys in the dating culture
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What does Currie argue about
female peer groups
forced to perform a balancing act between: girls who are to competitive and think their better than their peers may be sult shamed or girls who don’t compete for boys may be fridged shamed
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What is a boffin identity?
girl having to perform an asexual identity, presenting themselves as having no interest in boys or popular fashion
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What did Francis find about
female peer group
mc female boffins may respond by calling wc girls chavs
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What did Haywood and Mac an Ghaill find when researching teachers and discipline
found male teachers told boys off for behaving like girls and teased them why they got lower marks than girls in tests
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What did Askew and Ross show about
teachers and discipline
male teachers behaviour can subtly reinforce messages about gender
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Other cards in this set
Card 2
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What did Patricia Murphy find out
gender domains?
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boys and girls pay attention to different details even when tackling the same task
Card 3
Front
What does Kelly argue about
gendered subject images
Back
Card 4
Front
What does Anne Colley argue about
gendered subject images
Back
Card 5
Front
What did Diana Leonard find when researching
single sex schooling
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