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Call for help

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gendercriticalstudent · 20/02/2019 10:28

I really need the help of the smartest women I know, all of you on this board. Star

I’m about to embark on a 3000 word research project in preparation for my dissertation next year. The research project should link.

I was considering doing my project on- Has there been a rise in transgender children in Uk schools? ..with a view to perhaps focussing on equality teaching and the removal of gender restrictions in classrooms for my dissertation.
I am finding it very difficult to find good research for my project. My project should critically evaluate the research of others and their findings.

Any ideas, suggestions or advice would be greatly appreciated 🙌

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gendercriticalstudent · 20/02/2019 11:34

You are all brilliant Star

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NeurotrashWarrior · 20/02/2019 11:27

Gender stereotyping is having an impact on attainment in some areas.

NeurotrashWarrior · 20/02/2019 11:26

I might pm you later as there's some specific stuff someone I know has been doing and it's crying out for proper research.

NeurotrashWarrior · 20/02/2019 11:25

My advice would be to carefully sift through what you want to do for an ma/phd and what you want to do for a dissertation. What might be useful in the dissertation to springboard any further practical research.

Also, not exactly what you're asking, but it's worth thinking about the cultural influences we get from all sides.

I personally find some of the cartoons aimed at girls difficult on Netflix for example. How are they feeding into subconscious ideals of femininity?

Also, art activist barbie:

twitter.com/barbiereports/status/1097549597583556608?s=21

NeurotrashWarrior · 20/02/2019 11:21

Place marking, also look at let clothes be clothes, let toys be toys campaigns.

And this bbc documentary, two parts.

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gendercriticalstudent · 20/02/2019 11:18

That’s really interesting sash , would you advise me to think about that for the research project or my dissertation?

Thank you all- you’re really helping me brainstorm and think outside my mindset Flowers

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sashh · 20/02/2019 11:13

I would seriously think of going for a different topic and if I was your supervisor that is what I would be saying.

This is undergraduate research, your project should be almost exclusively secondary sources and as userschmoozer has said there isn't much research and what there is, well it is mainly an agender rather than research.

Maybe save this for your pHD.

A look at equality and diversity on mainstream schools over the past 40 years would give you much more reading, you could look at the impact (if any) of various acts of parliament from the sex discrimination act to the equality act and how these have changed schools.

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gendercriticalstudent · 20/02/2019 10:59

Thank you hawk

I’ll take a look at that. I’m very interested in sex and gender, the confusion for people around that and how it effects us within society.
I’m just very unclear on how to make a research question and then proceed to a dissertation around it.

I have spoken to my tutor about James Caspian and it is a concern that depending on how I state my intentions, I may not be supported by my university.

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HawkeyeInConfusion · 20/02/2019 10:53

It may not be what you're looking for, for Cordelia Fine's book 'delusions of gender' links to lots of research showing that girls and boys are treated differently from the moment their sex is identified.

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gendercriticalstudent · 20/02/2019 10:47

Thanks for your replies.

user this is exactly the problem. There is no unbiased research with the exception of transgender trend and I can’t do s research project with only on resource!

Also nettie , I agree. I could evaluate other sources and critically analyse them as part of the project.

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nettie434 · 20/02/2019 10:43

One of the problems you are going to have is that there has been no unbiased research. Any stats available will be one sided, as critical research has been stifled.

Funny userschmoozer should write that when I have just been reading about James Caspian. However, that could be part of the research project - a discussion about who funded the research and the backgrounds of those undertaking it.

userschmoozer · 20/02/2019 10:38

One of the problems you are going to have is that there has been no unbiased research. Any stats available will be one sided, as critical research has been stifled.

Transgender Trend will be the most unbiased resource.
www.transgendertrend.com

Gender restrictions have not been removed. On the contrary, trans people rely on social gender markers. This is having a negative impact on girls and young lesbians.

For example, mixed sex toilets are being illegally introduced in schools .
Mixed sex toilets do not remove gender restrictions for girls; they amplify them. Girls are avoiding drinking during the day to reduce the number of times they need to go to the toilet, and they are missing school because of period shaming.

There is a thread on the board about toilets in schools.