Gender regimes

Question 1

Define gender regimes

Answer 1

Drew - describe how social policies in different countries can either encourage or discouraged gender equality

Question 2

What are the two regimes?

Answer 2

Individualistic and familisitic

Question 3

Define individualistic regimes

Answer 3

Should be treated the same, wives aren’t assumed to be financially dependent on their husbands, separate entitlement to state benefits

Question 4

Define familisitic

Answer 4

Policies are based on traditional gender division

Question 5

Examples?

Answer 5

I - Sweden - policies treat equally responsible for breadwinning and domestic tasks, parental leave, provision childcare means they are less dependent
F - Greece - little state welfare or childcare, women rely heavily on support from extended kin