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Summary A Level AQA Sociology- Education (Pupil sexual and gender identities)
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PUPILS SEXUAL AND GENDER IDENTITES DOUBLE STANDARDS
o Lees identifies a...
Double-standard of sexual morality in
which boys boast about their own sexual
exploits, but call a girl a 'slag' if she
doesn't have a steady boyfriend or if she
dresses and speaks in a certain way
Feminists see these double standards as
an example of a patriarchal ideology that
justifies male power and devalues women
VERBAL ABUSE
o Connell calls a...
"Rich vocabulary of abuse"
One of the ways in which dominant
gender and sexual identities
o Lees found that boys...
, Called girls ‘slags’ if they appeared to be
sexually available and ‘drags’ if they didn’t
o Paechter sees name-calling as...
Helping to shape gender identity and
maintain make power
The use of negative labels such as ‘gay’,
‘queer’, or ‘lezzie’ are ways in which pupils
police each other’s sexual identities
e.g. Parker found that boys...
Were labelled gay simply for being
friendly with girls or female teachers
Both Lees and Paechter note that
these labels often bear no relation to
pupils’ actual sexual behaviour
Their function is simply to reinforce
gender norms and identities
THE MALE GAZE
o Ghaill refers to this as...
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