functionalism - gender Flashcards
Rastogi
What is Rastogi’s Human Capital Theory
Can be applied to any form of social inequalities
Human capital is based on knowledge, education, training, behaviour, competency and skills a person has which enables them to do a certain job
Employment related issues (wage gap) explained by difference in HC
Personal incomes vary based on investment made in developing HC
Rastogi
How does Human Capital Theory explain Gender Inequality
The fine detail
Meat & Potatoes of the essay
- Males have more human capital
-More opportunity to study - Not limited by children or pregnancy
- More experience in the job
No maternity leave or career breaks
ADDITIONALLY
- Males tend to be more work oriented
-more committed to jobs than females - Females prioritise home & caring for family first
-concentrate on their jobs as a secondary feature
Rastogi
How does Human Capital Theory cause gender inequalities overall
(AO2) Tying it back together
males and females will have different Attitudes to the labour market and different Opportunities
Rastogi
How does Human Capital Theory relate to Functionalist perspective overall
How would you link it in an essay
- Human capital theory supports Functionalist views of meritocracy
- e.g. males and females serve different functions in society
therefore rewarded in different ways
Evaluation (-)
Human Capital Theory overall
- Human capital theory ignores the causes of inequality between male and female employees
- Causes rooted in structure of labour market
For example
- Primary labour market
(high job security, good working conditions) - Secondary labour market
(low job security, poor working conditions)
Host-Immigrant Model
Parsons
Expressive & Instrumental Roles
Warm Bath Theory
Social Class
Davis & Moore
Principles of Social Stratification
People are allocated into roles in society based on how good they are
Functional uniqueness
Only one person can do a certain job
Degree of dependency
Depend on that person to do well
