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Gender and Achievement (Internal Factors (Coursework (Mitsos and Browne…

- - - - 1970S & 90S
      - 70S= Housewifes children marriage no time for ed
      - 90s= Careers and family can wait
    - - 14-17= marriage and children were not major in future roles
- - - - Girls= organsised,l mets deadlines, equipted and Spends time on work
  - - - Boys= more dominative
      - Girls=cooperative and work together
- - - - WC Girls gained status from peers
      - Hyper-hetrosexual identity formed
  - - - More likely to drop out and get pregnant
- - - - Moral Panic
      - Undermines self-esteem
      - Little chance of getting proper job
      - Give up on getting qualifications
  - - - Not nurture lads traits like competitiveness
      - Coursework=Reason for gap
        
        Shoule be made to just be final exams
- - - - 'Territory'- boys=fixing cars, girls=caring for the sick
  - - - Science teachers=male
      - Pics in textbooks tend to be boys
      - Boys dominate apparatus as theirs in science
    - - W
        
        Working with machines-Male gender domain
        
        Tasks taught are off putting for girls (abstract)
    - - Leonard- Girls take science and boys take english
  - - - Clerical
      - Secetarial
      - Personal services
      - Occupations such as cleaning
- - - - Grils=sexual objects and judgments made about appearances
      - Surveillance for male dominated reinforcement and female devaluing
  - - - Study in Parnell school
      - Macho-lads dismissive of other WC boys
      - 'Dickhead achievers' if worked hard to MC standard
      - Real English-men doesnt need to 'try'
  - - - Study in South Wales (13-14 yrs old WC Girls)
      - Being popular was crucial for identity
      - Face two tensions bewteen
        
        Idealised feminine identity
        
        Sexualised Identity
    - - Girls who want to be successful may feel need to conform to school's notion of ideal feminine pupil identity
      - Reay= girls have an asexual personality, lacking interest in boyfriends/fashion
      - Exclude from other girls
  - - - Reinforces idea women cannot cope on their own
      - Have protective attitude over female collegues