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Ottemo, Andreas; Gonsalves, Allison J.; Danielsson, Anna T. – Gender and Education, 2021
Physics- and computer-related disciplines are strongly male dominated in Western higher education. Feminist research has demonstrated how this can be understood as reflecting a strong privileging of mind and rationality (over body/nature/emotions) in these disciplines, which harmonises with broader notions of masculinity as transcendental and…
Descriptors: Physics, Science Instruction, Computer Science Education, Gender Bias
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Ringrose, Jessica; Renold, Emma – Gender and Education, 2012
This viewpoint begins by exploring whether the global phenomenon of the 2011 "SlutWalks" constitutes a feminist politics of re-signification. We then look at some qualitative, focus group data with teen girls who participated in a UK SlutWalk. We suggest girls are not only negotiating a schizoid double pull towards performing knowing…
Descriptors: Females, Focus Groups, Gender Issues, Sexuality
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Willett, Rebekah – Gender and Education, 2008
This article reports findings from a study in which 26 girls aged 12- to 13-years-old took part in workshops at a specialist ICT center connected to a school in inner-city London. The girls explored and discussed fashion as presented online, and they produced their own interactive fashion design webpages, making decisions about body shapes, types…
Descriptors: Females, Self Concept, Teaching Methods, Preadolescents