Archer - Girls' identity and education
Symbolic Capital
Status, recognition and sense of worth we obtain from others
WC feminine identities - hyper-heterosexual identity, having a boyfriend and being loud - gains symbolic capital
This brought conflict with the school, preventing them from gaining educational and economic capital
Hyper-heterosexual feminine identities
Girls spend a lot of time and effort to become "desirable"
Spen extra money to avoid being ridiculed for not wearing the "correct" brand
This caused conflict with the school as they would get in trouble for wearing too much jewellery and make up
The girls then become negatively labelled - Bourdieu describes this as Symbolic Violence
Boyfriends
Being Loud
Bring symbolic capital
Girls lost interest in studying "masculine" subjects and gaining a professional career
Instead girls chose to "settle down" and gain WC feminine jobs such as child care
Feminine identities led them to be outspoken, independent and assertive
Teachers interpret this as aggressive
Loud girls are far from the ideal pupil
WC Girl's Dilemma
Symbolic capital and Educational capital are mutally exclusive - you can only have one
Girls overcome this by labelling themselves as "good underneath" as an attempt to maintain self-worth
WC investement in their feminine identities are a major cause of thier underachievement
"Successful" WC Girls
WC Girls who go into HE earned a little extra but not for them for their families
Skegg - caring is crucial so girls would stay home and local to be near family
They are also scared of the amount of debt they accumulate