Peer reviewedERIC Number: EJ407776
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 1989
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Femininity as Performance.
Walkerdine, Valerie
Oxford Review of Education, v15 n3 p267-79 1989
Explores the myth that female children perform poorly in school. Claims that teachers use negative language in evaluation of females, regardless of performance; thus legitimatizing the exclusion of females and supporting patriarchy. Discusses problems of women in academia and concludes that the empowerment of women threatens male academic superiority. (NL)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Educational Discrimination, Elementary Secondary Education, Equal Education, Females, Femininity, Feminism, Foreign Countries, Hidden Curriculum, Higher Education, Learning Theories, Performance, Qualitative Research, Sex Discrimination, Sex Stereotypes, Womens Education, Womens Studies
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: United Kingdom (England)
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