Gender

Question 1

What did Messerschmidt talk about?

Answer 1

Normative masculinity = what a real man should be

Hegemonic masculinity = a dominant form of a man that most men want to accomplish (traditional breadwinner)

Subordinated masculinity = when a person lacks the qualities of hegemonic mascs (w/c, ethnic minorities etc)

Question 2

What do Graham & Bowling say?

Answer 2

men are 2.33 times more likely to admit to a crime

Question 3

What does Heidensohn talk about?

Answer 3

Double Deviance
- women are treated more harshly in the CJS
- deviating by breaking the law and gender norms

Question 4

What does Pollack talk about?

Answer 4

Women are more deviant than statistics show but are protected by the ‘chivalry thesis’

Question 5

What does Winlow talk about?

Answer 5

• expansions of the service sector
• men use their bodily capital to maintain reputation and employability

Question 6

What does Adler talk about?

Answer 6

Liberation thesis
- as women are liberated from patriarchal control, their crimes become more frequent/serious

Question 7

What does Carlen say?

Answer 7

• CJS is biased against women, treating them more harshly
• Scottish courts are more likely to jail women whose children are in care, because they’re not seen as ‘good mothers’

Question 8

What does Hood say?

Answer 8

Women are 1/3 less likely to be jailed in similar cases to men

Question 9

What does Box say as a criticism of ‘chivalry thesis’?

Answer 9

Serious crimes by women arent treated more leniently