Gender Flashcards
Who is more like to participate
Women
What did Brierley’s poll find in religious participation
1990 poll women more likely to believe in God (85%) than men (64%)
Why does Davie argue women appear more likely to participate
Attend church more, but also see God differently
Associate God with love, comfort, forgiveness, whereas men associate God with power and control
Why do Miller and Hoffman argue women more likely to participate
Differential Socialisation
Differential Roles
Risk adverse
What do Miller and Hoffman mean by Differential Socialisation
Women socialised to be passive, submissive, more obedient, and caring = fits in with religion
What do Miller and Hoffman mean by Differential Roles
Women have more free time.
Greeley: women involved more in caring and nursing brings them closer to issues of birth and death, bring them closer to religion
What do Miller and Hoffman mean by Risk Averse
Women more risk averse than men
Attending church is a low risk activity with potential high reward.
Why does Bruce argue women more likely to participate
Distinguishes between public and private sphere.
What does Bruce mean by distinguishing between public and private sphere leads to greater religiosity
Secular societies = religion declining and retreating from public sphere. Women always more involved private sphere. As religion becomes more individualised and privatised women more likely maintain greater religiosity
Who argues women more likely to join sects
Glock and Stark
Why do Glock and Stark argue women more likely to join sects
List of deprivations
What is Glock and Starks list of deprivation
Socially deprived - power/status/job
Economically deprived - feminisation of poverty
Organismically deprived - suffer mental and physical disability
Ethically deprived - more morally conservative, more likely experience moral dilemmas with modern world
Why does Woodhead argue people are turning to religion
Women enter rationalised world of work they are becoming less religious, contributed to rapid reduction in church attendance amongst women in recent year - still more than men
Why do women have a greater involvement in Cults and NAMs
Cults involve highly privatised version religious activity: mainly involves promotion notion personal improvement, may claim to fit better women as they have been socialised to be self-deprecating
Why does Bruce argue women more likely to turn to cults
Activity privatised and centred on the home may suit women more
Access to the internet, watch yoga dvds etc
