Gender Inequality Flashcards
Mitsos and Browne
72% of girls achieved 5A*-C grade GCSEs compared to 64% of boys- Department for Education 2013/14.
Indicates that boys do not receive the same treatment in Education, do not have the same ability to do well.
Mitsos and Browne explain that this has occurred because boys take longer to mature than girls, and at the time of GCSEs they are at a disadvantage because they are unable to concentrate for long periods of time, and also do not have as developed language skills, putting them in inequality.
Swann and Grandol
Boys are 3x more likely to receive a permanent exclusion rate than girls- Department for Education 2013/14.
Indicates teachers do not treat boys fairly, they miss out on lessons and do not have the same ability.
Swann and Graddol explain that this is because boys are negatively labelled by teachers, they are viewed as badly behaved and teachers are more strict and punish them more harshly than girls.
Pollack
Men tend to receive on average, 6 months longer custodial sentences compared to women. Ministry of Justice.
For the same crime, putting women at an advantage, and they are treated more leniently- which Pollack states is due to the concept of the ‘Chilvary Thesis’.
Judges look more kindly upon women, viewing them as weaker, and thus giving them shorter sentences. Whereas, boys are put into inequality as judges believe they are strong enough to cope.
Walby
Women are more likely to be victims of crimes such as domestic violence than men. Make up 83% of current victims.
Suggests that the Criminal Justice system fails to protect women in the way it does for men.
Walby states that females experience this inequality because the police fail to take them seriously, and many of their reports to the police are simply ignored, meaning they continue to be abused.
How is Gender Operationalised?
Instead of being operationalised through the biological differences between women and men, the Office of National Statistics operationalise it through the expected roles and behaviour of each gender. Men and women experience social stratification in areas of social life including the education system and criminal justice system.
