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B: GENDER Flashcards

1
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The pay gap in the private sector vs the public sector is…

A

Private- 25.8%

Public- 17.1%

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2
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How many women on average lose out on promotions due to pregnancy (UK Feminista)

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440,000

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3
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How many hours on average do women spend on chores per week in comparison to males?

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15 hrs to 5 hrs

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4
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Women dominate which sector?

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Caring and leisure- typically lower paid

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5
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Self employed women earn how much less than self employed men?

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40%

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6
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Men associated with which occupations? (ONS 2013)

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Professional- higher paid

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7
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Barron and Norris (1976)

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Dual labour market theory

Women are more likely in the secondary sector because

  1. ‘Unsuitability’
  2. Disrupted careers
  3. Weak legal framework
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8
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Percentage of those in minimum wage jobs that is women?

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70%

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9
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Savage (2011)

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Men are 40% more likely to climb the career ladder than women

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10
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Preference theory

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Hakim. Women are not victims of patriarchy, they are just less committed to their careers

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11
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Name three functionalist theories/ sociologists

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Parsons, Murdock, Human capital theory

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12
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Criticism of functionalist

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Oakely has shown that gender roles are socialises . Ethnocentric

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13
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Phyllis Schafly

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Marriage is the most fulfilling role for a women

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14
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Criticism of the New Right

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Ignore the dark side of the family. Biological argument is left to be proved.

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15
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New Right gender theorist

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Phyllis Schafly

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16
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Marxist theorists/ theories

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Barron and Norris, Engels

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17
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Barron and Norris

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Dual labour market theory

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18
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Engels

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Womens subordinate position is ingrained through ownership of private property and the nuclear family that fits with it.

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19
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Criticism of Marxist theories

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Overemphasise impact of economic factors on gender. Outdated

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20
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Radical feminist theorists

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Delphy and Leonard, Johnson, Ti-Grace Atkinson

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21
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Delphy and Leonard

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Wives contribute to family more but get fewer benefits

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22
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Johnson

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‘patriarchal terrorism’

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23
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Ti-Grace Atkinson

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‘Feminism is the theory, lesbianism is the practise’

24
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Criticism of radical feminism

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Fail to recognise that every woman has different experiences

25
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Marxist feminist theorists

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Benston, Ansley, Feeley

26
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Benston

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Women benefit capitalism through free domestic labour and reproducing and raising the next generation

27
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Ansley

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‘shit takers’

28
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Criticism of marxist feminism

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Too much emphasis on social class

29
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Liberal feminist thinker

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Oakely

30
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Oakely

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Manipulation, canalisation, verbal appellation

31
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Criticism of liberal feminism

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Gender identities no longer fixed, movement largely middle class

32
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Intersectionality

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Sylvia Walby
Private and public patriarchy
Six patriarchal structures

33
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Criticism of intersectionality

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Overemphasises influence of social structure on behaviour

34
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What prevents women from moving into the private sector? (West and Zimmerman)

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‘womens unsuitability’

35
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__% of women have a persistently low income, in comparison to __% of men

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22% women

14% men

36
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Women represent __% of the world’s poor

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70%

37
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__% of people in low wage jobs are women

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70%

38
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__% of women will be below the poverty line when they retire, as oppose to __% men

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25% women

12% men

39
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__% of lone families are headed by women

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90%

40
Q

Li and Devine

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Women are less likely to be upwardly socially mobile than men

41
Q

Coussins

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Sex discrimination act- weak legal framework

42
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Boys are _ times more likely to be excluded

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4 times

43
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Men are _ times more likely to commit suicide

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3 times

44
Q

__% of people killed in the workplace are men

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95%

45
Q

Fathers are __% more likely to be the breadwinner of the family

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89%

46
Q

Benefits make up / of a woman’s income and / of a mans

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1/3 women

1/5 mans

47
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Marriage is the most fulfilling role for a woman

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Phyllis Schafly

48
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Women’s subordinate position is reinforced through private property ownership

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Engels

49
Q

Wives contribute more to the family but get less benefits

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Delphy and Leonard

50
Q

Patriarchal terrorism

A

Johnson

51
Q

Feminism is the theory, lesbianism is the practise

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Ti-Grace Atkinson

52
Q

Women benefit capitalism through free unpaid domestic labour

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Benston

53
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‘Shit-takers’

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Ansley

54
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Women are less likely to be upwardly socially mobile

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Li and Devine

55
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Sex Discrimination Act is weak legal framework

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Coussins

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