Feminist View of Education

• Feminist View

  The education system is an agency of socialisation which promotes hegemonic gender roles and reinforces and legitimised patriarchy.
• Functions of Education

  • Schools socialise girls into the expressive role and to be submissive to men
  • Girls are taught to accept the gender inequality in society by seeing gender stereotypes in the education material
  • Patriarchy is legitimised through the hidden and informal curriculum.
• The school acts as an agent of social control' to reinforce hegemonic gender roles and legitimise inequality. This is achieved through the informal and hidden curriculum.