An "equal opportunities" ideology which focuses purely on girls aims to provide compensatory experiences for the problems ensuing from their (disadvantaged) socialization. It tries to raise their aspirations, alter their attitudes towards science, technology and computers, to widen their horizons — i.e. to make them more like boys. A girl-friendly approach, _______, sees girls inhabiting a different (not deprived) culture, which should be given equal value in school.