Gender Flashcards
Symbolic capital
Status, recognition and sense of worth we obtain from others
Archer eat al - 2010
Symbolic violence
Impact of feminism EXPL
Improvement of women’s rights (laws)
Raised women’s self esteem
Challenged their traditional role
Impact of feminism- McRobbie (1994)
Change of magazine covers they shifted from promoting the role of the housewife to being ambitious well- achieved women
Impact of feminism - EVAL
Eg having teachers as ‘real life’ role models as opposed to celebrities may be out of tour=ch with life
Change in the Family EXP
^ in divorce rate and country isn’t touched by religion
^ in cohabitation
^ in lone families
Change in the Family EX
Divorce act (1969)
Dual Burden and Triple shift
Change in the Family EVAL
Murray argues lone parent families= inadequate socialisation + likely to be in poor demographic disadvantage for educational success
Increase in divorce cause upheaval in children’s lives turn away from education
Changes in the workplace EXPL
Laws- moire women are paid to work
Broken the ‘glass ceiling’ - see future careers
Changes in the workplace EXA
1970 Equal pay act
1975 sex discrimination act
210 equality act
Changes in the workplace EVAL
Still a gender pay gap + discrimination