Gender Inequality: 20 Mark Question Plan for Gender Inequality Flashcards
How many paragraphs do you need to write?
4
How many areas of society do you need to talk about?
2
What are the 2 areas of society that will be talked about?
Education, Crime
How many studies and statistics in total must there be?
8 studies and statistics
What must be made clear when talking about inequality?
How one group has a worse situation than another group
P1 Point and location of inequality (Radical Feminists)
Radical Feminists argue girls are often sexually harassed by boys in the Education System
P1 Supporting Study
Banyard
P1 Supporting Statistic
Ofsted 2021 Report
What does Banyard say about how boys treat school?
They treat it as training grounds for sexual harassment
What did Banyard say about how schools treat sexual harassment?
They do not deal with it properly
What is the result for girls of the sexual harassment cases not being taken seriously in school?
They feel like they are not valued pupils in the school
What did an Ofsted Report (2021) show about girls’ attitudes to sexual harassment reporting?
They do not even bother to report it
According to the Ofsted Report (2021), what percentage of girls said sexual harassment was present in their school?
80%
P2 Point and location of inequality (Interactionists)
Interactionists say boys are disadvantaged in the Education System
P2 Supporting Study
Mitsos and Brown
P2 Supporting Statistic
DfE Attainment 8 scores for boys and girls
According to Mitsos and Brown, what 2 ways did teachers label male pupils?
They labelled them as disruptive and lazy
What was the impact on the boys of being labelled as disruptive in terms of treatment by teachers when misbehaving?
They were less harsh on male students when they misbehaved
What was the impact on the boys of being labelled as lazy?
They spent less time studying
Why did boys spend less time studying in relation to their laziness label?
They overestimated their ability
What was the result for the boys from the labelling when they did their exams?
They did worse than expected
What does DfE Attainment 8 Data show about how many more Attainment 8 points girls have over boys?
Girls have an attainment 8 score 5.7 points higher than boys
P3 Point and location of inequality (Radical Feminists)
Radical Feminists argue women are more likely to experience Domestic Abuse than men
Elaborate on the CSEW Statistics for Domestic Abuse experienced by men and women
7.3% of women experience domestic abuse compared to 3.6% of men experiencing domestic abuse
P3 Supporting Statistics
CSEW Statistics
P3 Supporting Study
Walklate
According to Walklate, what issues will a wife face if she leaves her husband?
She will have no financial security
P4 Point and location of inequality (Other sociologists)
Some sociologists argue are less likely to be harshly punished in the Criminal Justice System compared to men
What is the situation for wives in relation to financial stability, according to Walklate?
They depend on their husband for financial stability
P4 Supporting Statistics
Ministry of Justice
According to Walklate, what will cause domestic abuse to continue in relation to an omission of actions by the wife?
If the wife does not leave the house, domestic abuse will continue
What do the Ministry of Justice statistics show about the percentage of women and men in prison?
5% of prisoners are women, 95% of prisoners are men
P4 Supporting Study (Other sociologists)
Pollak
What does Pollak argue about the amount of crime committed by men and women?
They commit the same amount of crime
What thesis did Pollak create?
Chivalry Thesis
What does Chivalry thesis say?
Male officers and judges are more likely to feel that female offenders are vulnerable
According to Pollak, what will be the impact of the chivalry thesis on female prison sentences?
They will be given more lenient prison sentences
