Gender Flashcards
Whos more likely to attend church and self reports as being religious?
Women
gender church stats
in 2005 congregations, 57% women and 43% men
Womens expressive role is a good match with religious faith
- raising children in their religion and taking them to church was seen as part of that role
- womens proximity to childbirth, childbearing, caring in general gives them reason to pray and seek spiritual support
Marginalised
Women traditionally having been marginalised in domestic roles gave them more time to devote to religion whereas men had little time away from work 0
Women live longer
older people more religious
Socialisation
Men and women socialised differently
- women socialised to be more compliant and passive, which is whats expected from religion
Simone de beauvoir
Women are sold a false ideology by religious teaching which encourages them to believe that they will get their reward in heaven and should therefore be committed and devoted to their faith
Glock and stark
Women more likely to join religious sects because of deprivation
Woodhead
Churches have become feminised
- secularisation had a bigger impact on men than women.
- echoed by bruce, who suggest that as religion becomes a more private matter than a public women, it appeals to women.