5.7.1: Gender socialisation and educational attainment

early gender socialisation

• norman

• different sets of aptitudes and attitudes due to different types of toys and engagement

• rampino

• influences educational aspirations

  • playing with dolls - carers

• consequence - girls attach less value to education than boys

• sharpe

gender socialisation in school

• lobban

• clark

• Islam and asadullah

gender, subject choice and socialisation

• differences disadvantage women in labour markets

• lower-status and lower-paid occupations

• charles et al

criticisms of socialisation theory

• place too much emphasis on the way the social structure moulds people

• tends to see children as passively receiving messages

  • doesn't explore agency and how people resist gendered expectations