Agents Of Socialisation- Workplace (Studies)

Question 1

Ward & Winstanley (2005)

Answer 1

Studied the process of how workers ‘came out’ and disclosed their homosexuality in different workplaces such as the police force and fire brigade.

Question 2

Mac & Ghaill (1994)

Answer 2

Working class men facing a ‘crisis of masculinity’.

Question 3

McDowell (2003)

Answer 3

Aspirations of school leavers from Cambridge and Sheffield were ones that would give the respectability as well as financial security and domestic respectability.

Question 4

Adkins (1995)

Answer 4

Women take up subordinated femininities in order to keep the jobs they financially need.