subject choice- gender

subject choice- gender

1. examples of masculine and feminine subjects

   • computing 93% males 7% females
   • English 75% female 25% male

2. Wikeley

   • boys go for traditional subject choices after compulsary education
   • childcare 99% f 1%m
   • construction 98% m 2% f

3. why?

   • gender socialisation
     • refer to Oakley
       • gender socialisation is the process of learning expected gender behaviour
     • Elwood differences in socialisation leads to different subject choice
       • Boys read fiction with true info
       • girls read novels and real life stories
   • image
     • kelly
       • science teachers are more likely to be male, boys used in textbook images- boys monopolised equiptment
   • peer pressure
     • Derwar
       • girls are likely to be called butch/ lesbian if they chose male roles less of a problem in same sex schools
     • Willis
   • hidden curriculum
     • Deem
       • subjects have a male bias. History looks like HIS story and ignores female contributions to history
         • however that is due to difference in society
   • organisation
     • ways schools & colleges send messages about men and women- men in top job and women work underneath them