Career Girls is a 1997film by Mike Leigh which tells the story of two women, who reunite after six years apart. Jump to: navigation, search 1997(MCMXCVII) is a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Jump to: navigation, search Film refers to the celluloid media on which movies are printed Film is a term that encompasses motion pictures as individual projects, as well as the field in general. ... Mike Leigh (born 20 February 1943) is an award winning British film and theatre director. ...
The women were originally thrown together when they shared a flat whilst at university. Jump to: navigation, search A professor giving a lecture at the Helsinki University of Technology A university is an institution of higher education and of research, which grants academic degrees. ...
The film studies interpersonal relationships between the two women.
The film stars
Katrin Cartlidge Lynda Steadman Katrin Cartlidge in Career Girls (1997) Katrin Cartlidge (May 15, 1961 – September 7, 2002) was a British actress. ...
In an early study, Hawley (1971) found that girls who are choosing a career are influenced by what they believe boys think is appropriate female behavior, and that girls don't feel rewarded by their peer groups for intelligence and achievement.
Grotevant and Thorbecke (1982) found that adolescent girls and boys use different styles to achieve their vocational or career identities; by the end of high school, occupational identity has become most salient to boys, whereas relational identity has be come most salient for girls.
A high-achieving or "gifted" girl is challenged in the realm of career aspirations perhaps more so than other adolescents, as she is forced to reconcile the conflict between her gender-stereotyped role as a woman and her role as a potential contributor to society as a high achiever (Kramer, 1986; Walker et al., 1992).
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