References
- Alldred , P. and David , M. 2007 . Get real about sex: the politics and practice of sex education , Maidenhead : Open University Press/McGraw Hill .
- Arnot , M. , David , M. and Weiner , G. 1999 . Closing the gender gap , Cambridge : Polity Press .
- BBC News . 1 February 2008 . Woolworths withdraws ‘Lolita’ bed 1 February , Available online at: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/7222008.stm
- Beavis , C. and Charles , C. 2007 . Would the ‘real’ girl gamer please stand up? Gender, LAN cafes and the reformulation of the ‘girl’ gamer . Gender and Education , 19 (6) : 691 – 706 .
- Block , J. 1982 . “ Psychological development of female children and adolescents ” . In Women: a developmental perspective , Edited by: Berman , P. and Ramey , E. Bethesda , MD : National Institute of Mental Health .
- Boaler , J. 2002 . Paying the price for ‘sugar and spice’: shifting the analytical lens in equity research . Mathematical Thinking and Learning , 42 (2) : 127 – 144 .
- Buckingham , D. 1993 . Children talking television , London : Falmer .
- Buckingham , D. and Scanlon , M. 2003 . Education, entertainment and learning in the home , Buckingham : Open University Press .
- Burman , E. and Parker , I. 1993 . Discourse analytical research , London : Routledge .
- Butler , J. 1990 . Gender trouble , New York : Routledge .
- Butler , J. 1993 . Bodies that matter: on the discursive limits of ‘sex’ , New York : Routledge .
- Butler , J. 1997 . The psychic life of power , Stanford , CA : Stanford University Press .
- Butler , J. 2004 . Undoing gender , London : Routledge .
- Butler , J. 2006 . Response . British Journal of Sociology of Education , 27 (4) : 529 – 534 .
- Calabrese Barton , A. and Brickhouse , N. 2006 . “ Engaging Girls in Science ” . In The Sage handbook of gender and education , Edited by: Skelton , C. , Francis , B. and Smulyan , L. London : Sage .
- Daily Mail . 24 October 2006 . Tesco condemned for selling pole dancing toy 24 October , Available online at: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/articles/news/news.html?in_article_id=412195
- Davies , B. 1989 . Frogs and snails and feminist tales , Sydney : Allen & Unwin .
- Davies , B. 2006 . Subjectification: the relevance of Butler’s analysis for education . British Journal of Sociology of Education , 27 (4) : 425 – 438 .
- Delamont , S. 1980 . Sex roles and the school , London : Routledge .
- Delamont , S. 2001 . Changing women, unchanged men? , Buckingham : Open University Press .
- Dixon , B. 1990 . Playing them false , Stoke on Trent : Trentham Books .
- Eco , U. 1990 . I limiti dell’interpretazione (The limits of interpretation) , Bloomington : Indina University Press .
- Equal Opportunities Commission . 2001 . Sex stereotyping: from school to work , Manchester : Equal Opportunities Commission .
- Equal Opportunities Commission . 2004 . Plugging Britain’s skills gap: challenging segregation in training and work , Manchester : Equal Opportunities Commission .
- Fagot , B. 1974 . Sex differences in toddlers’ behaviour and parental reaction . Developmental Psychology , 10 : 554 – 558 .
- Fish , S. 1987 . “ Interpreting the Variorum, reproduced ” . In Debating texts , Edited by: Rylance , R. Buckingham : Open University Press .
- Francis , B. 1998 . Power plays , Stoke‐on‐Trent : Trentham Books .
- Francis , B. 2000 . Boys, girls and achievement: addressing the classroom issues , London : Routledge .
- Francis , B. 2002 . Is the future really female? The impact and implications of gender for 14–16 year olds’ career choices . British Journal of Education and Work , 15 : 97 – 110 .
- Francis , B. , Hutchings , M. and Archer , L. 2003 . Subject choice and occupational aspirations among pupils at girls’ schools . Pedagogy, Culture & Society , 11 (3) : 423 – 440 .
- Francis , B. and Skelton , C. 2005 . Reassessing gender and achievement , London : Routledge .
- Freeman , G. Linking gender‐related toy preferences to social structure: children’s letters to Santa since 1978 . Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the Southeastern Psychological Association . March 1995 , Savannah , GA . pp. 22 – 25 .
- Gilman , S. 1985 . Difference and pathology: stereotypes of sexuality, race and madness , Ithaca : Cornell University Press .
- Guardian . 15 August 2005 . ‘It’s porn, innit?’ 15 August , Available online at: (http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2005/aug/15/pressandpublishing.genderissues)
- Guardian . 2008 . The tyranny of pink . Guardian Family Section , 29 March : 4
- Hart , R. 1979 . Children’s experience of place , New York : Irvington .
- Jones , A. 1997 . Teaching post‐structuralist feminist theory in education: student resistances . Gender and Education , 9 : 261 – 269 .
- Kenschaft , L. 1999 . “ Just a spoonful of sugar? Anxieties of gender and class in ‘Mary Poppins’ ” . In Girls, boys, books, toys: gender in children’s literature and culture , Edited by: Clark , B. L. and Higonnet , M. R. Baltimore : John Hopkins University Press .
- Kenway , J. and Bullen , E. 2001 . Consuming children , Maidenhead : Open University Press .
- Kirkham , P. , ed. 1996 . The gendered object , Manchester : Manchester University Press .
- Lloyd , B. and Duveen , G. 1992 . Gender identities and education , London : Harvester Wheatsheaf .
- Miller , C. 1987 . Qualitative differences among gender‐stereotyped toys: implications for cognitive and social development in girls and boys . Sex Roles , 16 : 473 – 487 .
- Nayak , A. and Kehily , M. J. 2006 . Gender undone: subversion, regulation and embodiment in the work of Judith Butler . British Journal of Sociology of Education , 27 (4) : 459 – 472 .
- Organisation for Economic Co‐operation and Development . 2007 . PISA 2006: science competencies for tomorrow’s world executive summary Available online at: www.pisa.oecd.org
- Paechter , C. 2000 . Changing school subjects: power, gender and the curriculum , Buckingham : Open University Press .
- Plowman , L. 1996 . Narrative, interactivity and the secret world of multi‐media . English and Media Magazine , 35 : 44 – 48 .
- Read , B. forthcoming . Britney, Beyoncé and me: primary school girls’ role models and constructions of the ‘popular’ girl, accepted for publication at . Gender and Education ,
- Renold , E. 2005 . Girls, boys and junior sexualities , London : RoutledgeFalmer .
- Renold , E. 2006 . ‘They won’t let us play…unless you’re going out with one of them’: girls, boys and Butler’s ‘heterosexual matrix’ in the primary years . British Journal of Sociology of Education , 27 (4) : 491 – 511 .
- Renold , E. and Ringrose , J. 2008 . Regulation and rupture: mapping tween and teenage girls’ resistance to the heterosexual matrix . Feminist Theory , 9 (3) : 313 – 338 .
- Williams , C. 2006 . Inside toyland: working, shopping and social inequality , Berkeley : University of California Press .