WJEC Sociology: SY1. The aim of the session is for you to be able to describe femininity as a...

Youth culture and femininity

WJEC Sociology: SY1

Aims & Outcomes

The aim of the session is for you to be able to describe femininity as a social construction

By the end of the session, you...

Must be able to define femininity

Should be able to describe the features of femininity with regards to youth culture

Could be able to explain why discussions about youth culture have tended to focus on masculinity rather than femininity

Recap: Gender & Masculinity Why do we regard gender as a social

construction?

How do boys ‘learn to be boys’? Think sociologically...

How do boys express their masculinity? How has this changed?

How do lads behave? Why has ‘lad culture’ emerged?

Youth culture & femininity


FEMININE?


FEMININE?

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FEMININE?


FEMININE?

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FEMININE?

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What happened?


Bedroom culture Ladette

s

Girl Gangs ‘New’ bedroom

culture

Remember: Sociology is often regarded as being

‘Malestream’


Task Please answer the following questions

on the sheet that you used earlier

1. Define the term ‘femininity

3. Outline and explain why

discussions about youth culture have tended to focus on

masculinity (15)

2. Describe no less than 3 features of

femininity in youth culture (and no more

than 7)

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