Gender Inequalities : Functionalism

Question 1

What does Human Capital ignore?

Answer 1

Ignores structural constraints in society that disadvantage women

Question 2

What does Functionalism ignore about gender roles?

Answer 2

Ignores the dysfunctions of traditional gender roles

Question 3

How is Oakley criticised Functionalism?

Answer 3

Oakley has shown gender roles are socially constructed and not biologically determined

Question 4

What is Functionalism criticised for?

Answer 4

Criticised for not keeping pace with social changes in gender roles , like the rise in shared conjugal roles

Question 5

What is Human Capital Theory?

Answer 5

Human Capital Theory contends with the wage gap ,explained by the amount of human capital an individual or group develop through their knowledge or skill

Question 6

What does Rastogi ( 2002) explains human capital as?

Answer 6

Explains human capital as knowledge, competency, attitude and behaviour

Question 7

What does Parsons and Bale (1955) discover?

Answer 7

Men have an ‘instrumental’ role and women have an ‘expressive’ role

Question 8

What does Murdoch (1949) discover?

Answer 8

Studied gender roles in over 200 societies and discovered women locate at home due to their biological feature of nurturing children

Question 9

How do Functionalists create a smooth running of society?

Answer 9

They believe the different gender roles covers a large task area and leads to the smooth running of society