Explanations - Feminists Flashcards
Why are men committing crimes
McRobbie
(Explaining gender differences in patterns & trends)
Girls inside because of ‘bedroom culture’ therefore men are outside Committing Crime
Why are men committing crimes
Heidensohn control theory
(Explaining gender differences in patterns & trends)
girls are controlled by fathers and male siblings
control, by family members and social expectations, continues for women in adulthood
While working men would socialise with their fellow workers at pubs or sport, working women would return home to carry out homework and childcare
Women are oppressed therefore men have the freedom to Commit Crimes
(-) Feminism Weakness
Functionalit perspective
Functionalists suggest men & women perform different gender roles within family for society to function properly
rather than society being patriarchal and male-dominated.
