external

• canalisation


  males and females channeled into different expectations based on gendered sterotypes
• feminine traits (passive, caring, expressive) encouraged by schools = girls do well in ed
• TICK murphy - designing houses (girls) and cars (boys)

  • primary aged children
  • girls focused on making cars look pretty
  • boys focused on making cars look like racecars
• X postmodernism - gender is outdated

  • counterpoint, gender is dependent on cultures and secularisation
• changes in job market - increase in feminised industry - service sector
• secularisation - declining influence of religion
• more focus on careers than families

  • declining marriage and birth rates
  • increasing divorce rates
• growth in service sector - suits more feminine attributes

  • child/health care - motivating, expressive