Working class boys were likely to be labelled as sissies and dealt with homophobic abuse if they appeared to be 'swats'
BeckyFrancis - Feminisation of Education
Twothirds of 8-11 year olds said that their teachers gender doesn't matter
STAT: 15% of primary school teachers are male
EVAL: but 1/3 said it doesn't matter - most likely to have been boys
TonySewell - Feminisation of Education
Schools do not nurture masculine traits such as competition and leadership. Instead they celebrate attentiveness and quiet methodical work, more associated with femininity.
Barbara Read - Teachers and Discipline
Criticises the attack on a feminised school environment. She identifies a Disciplinarian discourse (more male) and a Liberal discourse (more feminine) in teacher approach to discipline.
She studied 51 primary school teachers and found that most teachers used both discourses.
Mitsos and Browne - Decline of masculine manual work
Since the 1980's there has been a decline in manufacturing industries due to outsourcing to developing countries for cheap labour - This is due to globalisation of industry.
This has led to an identity crisis for men as there is little use for schooling if boys see their qualifications as useless if 'men's jobs' no longer existed
