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Gender issues
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¡°Choose one aspect of the course and find an article or chapter from the reading list and critique it. You must draw out the key points and analyse the argument ¡°. Gender issues cover the movement of feminism, putting emphasis on the impact male dominance has had on society. For this critique I have chosen to focus on the importance of establishing equality in education. I have chosen a chapter from Pamela Abbot and Clair Wallace¡¯s book ¡°An introduction to sociology (Feminist perspectives) The reason I chose this particular aspect of Gender issues is because I believe education is one of the main factors affecting gender relations. It also has a great impact on decisions concerning the labour market. The chapter puts forward the idea that the education system helps construct a gender divided society, ¡°¡girls are not only disadvantaged in the educational system, but that it is there that they learn to be subordinate and to accept dominant ideologies¡± What the writer tries to put forward in this paragraph is that even though the educational system today is meant to be equal, it is not. It also states that women are taught to be submissive and passive, indirectly. Another important point that is put across is the fact that girls and boys are directed into studying particular subjects, this is all a predisposition to channel each sex into specific aspects of the labour market.
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