Card 31 - Gender Differential Attainment: Women's Employment

Question 0

Who coined the term crisis of masculinity and what does it mean?

Answer 0

• Mitos and Browne said that the crisis of masculinity was the decline in male job opportunities leading to boys believing they had little chance of getting a proper job.

Question 1

Give one fact about women’s employment.

Answer 1

• The Equal Pay Act made it illegal for women to be paid less for work of equal value to men.
• Since 1975, the gender pay gap has fallen from 30% to 15%.