Feminism

Question 1

What is the Triple System theory? (Sylvia Walby)

Answer 1

Women face oppression from 3 structures of power-patriarchy,racism and capitalism

Question 2

What are the 6 ways women are exploited?(sylvia Walby)

Answer 2

1.patriarchal mode of production
2.paid work
3.state operates in interests of men
4.male violence against women
5.double standards in sexuality
6.cultural institutions

Question 3

What are major issues faced by women? (Sylvia Walby)

Answer 3

Victimisation from male offenders and domestic abuse

Question 4

What can lead women to be victims of crimes (Walby)

Answer 4

-women may earn less than a man,be financially dependent on abusive partner

-women are sexualised by the media

-lack of education for men on consent more effort teaching women to protect themselves

Question 5

What does Walby think of the CSEW?

Answer 5

As violent crime isn’t separated by gender or relationship/a person can only register 5X it’s underestimated

Question 6

Evaluation of Walby?

Answer 6

-hollistic study difficult to know what the solution is
-identifies issues with the justice system
-number of convicted rapists is going down yet more cases are being reported

Question 7

How do women face domestic control?(heidensohn)

Answer 7

-lack of freedom
-time is occupied by housework denied opportunities to be out at night
-domestic roles may be forcibly imposed through violence

Question 8

How are women controlled in public spaces? (Heidensohn)

Answer 8

-fear of sexual violence
-expectations to be seen as respectable

Question 9

How are women controlled In employment? (Heidensohn)

Answer 9

-women are less likely to be in high positions

-being overseen gives them less opportunity to commit wcc crime e.g fraud

Question 10

How do the courts control women?(heidensohn)

Answer 10

-courts treat females more harshly from males when they stray from gender norms

Question 11

Evaluations of heidensohn theory

Answer 11

-brought focus on to why there’s a lack of female crimes
-Adlers liberation thesis suggests girls enjoy more freedom
-Pollack chivalry thesis

Question 12

What did Carlen question?

Answer 12

Why most serious female offenders appeared WC

Question 13

How did carlen conduct her study?

Answer 13

-unstructured interviews
-studied 39 15-46 year old working class women convicts

Question 14

What is the class deal?

Answer 14

Work leads to material awards e.g decent living standards

Question 15

What is the gender deal? (Carlen)

Answer 15

Patriarchial ideology promises women material and emotional rewards from family life

Question 16

How are working class women deprived of a class deal?

Answer 16

-failure to find a legitimate way of earning
-humiliation trying to claim benefits
-gained no rewards from class deal

Question 17

How are WC women deprived in the gender deal (Carlen)

Answer 17

-sexual abuse
-time in care broke family bonds
-homelessness

Question 18

How are women treated in court? (Carlen)

Answer 18

-sentences are based on judgements if them as mothers,wives or daughters

Question 19

What is an evaluation for Carlen?

Answer 19

-Challanges Otto Pollaks chivalry thesis
-Carlens sample is small and unrepresentative

Question 20

What is Adlers liberation thesis?

Answer 20

If society becomes less patriarchial women’s crime rates will become similar to mens

Question 21

What factors will cause a rise in female offences?

Answer 21

-patriarchal controls being lessened
-more opportunities in work and education

Question 22

Evaluation of Adlers theory?

Answer 22

-arrest rates and conviction rates were higher in 90s vs 50s
-Vicky pryce ‘prisonomics’ found that women weren’t sent to prison for typically masculine crimes instead for truancy
-most female offenders are wc