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6 Cards in this Set
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Describe the gender gap |
Throughout every key stage in education, girls are more likely to succeed compared to boys. |
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Describe the impact of feminism |
Feminists have challenged their traditional stereotype like housewives Angela McRobbie's study of womens' magazines where they empathised the importance of getting married and not being 'left on the shelf', whereas nowadays they contain images of assertive, independent women. |
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Describe the changes in the family |
Increase in the divorce rate, increase in cohabitation and a decrease in the number of first marriages, an increase in the number of lone-parent families, smaller families All these help education, for example, increased numbers of female-headed lone-parent families may mean more women need to take on a breadwinner role. |
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Describe the changes in women's employment |
The 1970 Equal Pay Act makes it illegal to pay women less than man, 1973 Sex Discrimination Act outlaws discrimination at work The proportion of women in employment has risen from 53% in 1971 to 67% in 2013 Some women are now breaking through the "glass-ceiling" - the invisible barrier that keeps them out of high-level professional and managerial jobs. |
Policy, statistics and term |
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Describe girls' changing ambitions (Sharpe's study) |
Sharpe (1994) conducted interviews during the 1970's and 1990's. In 1974, girls had low aspirations, education success was unfeminine, appearing to be ambitious was unattractive. By the 1990's, girls' ambitions had a different order of priorities - careers and being able to support themselves. |
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Describe girls' changing ambitions |
O'Connor (2006) study of 14-17 year old girls found that marriage and children were not a major part of their life plans. Beck and Beck-Gernsheim (2001) links this to the trend towards individualisation in modern society, where independence is valued much more strongly than in the past. A career has become part of a women's life project because it promises recognition and economic self-sufficiency. Carol Fuller's (2011) study, educational success was a central aspect of their identity, see themselves as creators of their own future and had an individualised notion of self. Biggart (2002) found that working-class girls are more likely to face a precarious position in the labour market and to see motherhood as the only viable option for their futures. |
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