Gender Flashcards
How are women more religious than men?
Are more likely to express a greater interest in religion
Have a stronger personal religious commitment
Attend church more often
What does Greeley say about women and levels of religiosity?
Before women find partner and have children, religiosity same to mens
Once women start “taking care” people you assume greater responsibility for their “ultimate” welfare
Caring associated with more religious outlook
Explain Miller and Hoffmans differential socialisation?
Females taught to be more submissive and nurturing to men.
These traits compatible w religiosity
Men who internalise these norms are more religious
Explain Miller and Hoffmans differential roles?
Women have lower participation in work and more time for church-related activities and more need for source of personal identity commitment
Explain how women being more risk averse means women are more religious?
Risk averse- something that has a lot to gain and little to loose
Women are less interested in risk than men
Religion has no risk and you can gain a lot so women are more likely to be religious
Explain Halmans and Draulans women as the guardian of the family?
Women expected ti be defenders of tradition
Take on responsibilities like kids and looking after home
Take charger if child’s mora, development and introduce them to approved social codes like religion
Explain Knotts biological differences?
There is spiritual themes in child bearing
Powerful coping mechanisms during pregnancy
Child birth is a spiritually transforming process
Why is life expectancy a factor to explain greater religiosity than men ?
Women more likely to be widowed as grow older, turn to religion as source of support, comfort and means of building support networks
What does Bruce say about women and new age movements?
Women are more likely to engage in new age movements due to their more feminine movements
Example- Wicca practicising witchcraft
What does Aldrige say about new age movements?
Image of goddess in NAM’S gives women central role in offering more positive image of femininity than traditional religions do
How can we use Wicca as an example to support Aldrige and Bruce’s view?
An example of new age movements that includes religion and feminism “women spirituality”
What do Glock and Stark say about women and religion?
Use the concept of relative deprivation to explain appeal of sects
Women may feel relatively deprived compared to men. Glock and stark identify different types of relative deprivation to explain why women are attracted to sects and cults
What are Glock and Stark’s 4 different types of deprivation?
Social deprivation
Organismic deprivation
Ethical deprivation
Psychic deprivation
Explain Glock and Starks social deprivation?
Stems from lack of status. Those lacking job satisfaction find alternative sources of satisfaction in evangelical goals set by conversion isn’t sects like Mormons
Explain Glock and Starks organismic deprivation?
Experienced by those who suffer psychical and mental problems
Example- people turn to sects in hope of being healed or as an alternative to drugs
Explain Glock and Stark’s ethical deprivation?
Result people perceiving world in moral decline and retreat to intoversionist sects that separate self from society
Example- Jim jones people temple
Explain Glock and Stark’s psychic deprivation?
Those searching for more than value system offers
Wish for inner spiritual fulfilment rather than consumerist goals offered by capitalist societies
Example- moonies
Thinking about organismic deprivation p, why might men with psychical illness be less attracted to alternative treatements offered by NRM’S?
Men may feel more stigma towards mental illness so don’t want to join NRM’S compared to women as they feel less rejected by society
Why would feminists argue that women experience psychic deprivation?
Dominant value system is patriarchal and dominated by men, lack of inclusion and diversity
What do Cohen and Kennedy say about religious fundamentalism and women?
The desire to restore fundamentalist religions is associated w the fear that any real increase in womens freedom will undermine womens control
How can we criticise cohen and Kennedy?
Many women join these movements in order to reduce the ambiguities associated w womens role today”
What’s an example of fundamentalist religions?
Rastafarianism- women regarded as subordinate to men, religion is built around male control
How does Aune use fertility levels to explain female church attendance?
Women have fewer children now. Leading to general decrease in church attendance amongst both genders
