feminist views

• liberal feminism


  seeks gender equality via policy change and individual rights

  • Heaton & Lawson: education teaches patriarchal values through hidden curriculum
  • Michelle Stanworth (1983): teachers have higher expectations of boys and more likely to recommend boys for higher education
• radical feminism


  education system continues to marginalise and oppress women

  • Kat Banyard (2011): sexual harassment is treated less seriously than other forms of bullying
• black feminism


  black and ethnic minority girls are victim of specific stereotypes & assumptions

  • Heidi Safia Mirza (1992): black girls are aware of teacher labelling but are determined to prove teachers wrong. tend to have high self esteem.
• evaluations


  • education system is increasingly producing results where girls outperform boys
  • Michelle Stanworth's research is out of date; more girls than boys are going into higher education than boys.