Gender Inequality Flashcards
Fawcett study
Self employed woman earn 40% less than self employed men
Mac and Ghail
-Crisis in masculinity bring upon economic changes
Health department
Men die earlier than women, also more likely to develop heart disease 10 years earlier (ONS)
ONS suicide rates
men suicide rates are 3 times more than women
Savage
Men are 40% more likely to be upwardly mobile than women
Li and Devine
Women are more likely to be downwardly mobile and less likely to be upwardly mobile than men
Ansley
That woman are takers of shit, they receive men’s frustrations
Beechey
Times of Boom- the reserve army of labor, such as WW1 and 2
Benston
Two main roles, to look after men’s emotions and needs and bring up future generation of workers
Millet
Men did have control over biological factors, and that woman become pregnant. They however have lost some of this power, because of the introduction to contraceptives
Delphy and Leonards
-That the family is an institution, men are the centre of the family and the woman often defer big descions and follow and work for the man
Johnson
Patriarchal terrorism, men use violence to obtain and maintain power
Barron and Norris
-Woman are situated in the secondary dual labor market, less secure and well paid jobs
Parkins
The higher groups operate in social closure whereby they prevent any group below them from obtaining a higher status
Hartness
Myths from employers, woman are less dependable, need maternity leave
Schlafly
No measure in career can compare to the thrill and satisfaction of taking care of a baby
Bowlby
-maternal deprivation, idea that woman cannot leave children without forming a bond.
Men should work in public sphere, and woman private sphere
Walby
combines Marxist and radical, criticizes both,
private and public patriarchy as women now enter work
Stacey
criticizes walby for overemphasising social structures and woman are more active
