A Brief Summary of the arguments found in Linda McDowells article, Transitions to Work
This summary of an article by Linda McDowell reveals that the author's methodology is unhappily flawed. Simply put, because her sample group is so small, it is impossible to determine if the Sheffield and Cambridge 'lads' she interviews are indeed representative of working-class boys in those regions. Moreover, she seems to glibly dismiss troubling trends - like the predominance of 'McJobs' - that presage difficulties for young men just like these. The main argument of her article, it seems, is to downplay the possible ravages of anti-male sentiment in the educational and legislative systems of Great Britain.
