ABSTRACT
This book shows how fewer secondary level girls than boys opt for subjects which are still considered by some as being 'non-traditional' for girls, and notes how this subject distribution is common to both mainstream and vocational education, findings which parallel those of J. Wolffensperger. It answers the major questions which it set out to address, and, by adopting Giddens' theory of structuration, has attempted to bridge the gap between the behaviour of individuals and structural properties of gendered social systems. The book draws on rules and resources within gendered social systems; women produce and reproduce both these systems, and gender it. More importantly, it has shown that despite the structural constraints of the gendered social systems in which they live and work, women, as capable agents, can act otherwise, subsequently altering gender relations, to whatever degree, within those systems. The book demonstrates how fifth school girls' knowledgeability of non-traditional subjects, work experience form and career opportunities was considerably restricted.
