Gender Theorists

Question 1

Alackson

Answer 1

70% of sample of part time working women said they’d freely chosen to go into part time work to balance family commitments. 44% has to take low skill jobs as a result of this. She calls this the part time penalty.

Question 2

Skeggs

Answer 2

Women working in minimum wage jobs are often exploited as they aren’t paid for breaks, training or equipment.

Question 3

Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings Findings

Answer 3

The average working woman (full time) earns 85.1% of the average full time employment wage.

Question 4

Arber & Ginn

Answer 4

Many older women do significant amounts of unpaid work such as unpaid childcare and as volunteers for charities. Women also do a lot of the emotion work and housework. Shows that women are less likely to get paid a wage that reflects what they put into the economy.

Question 5

Mac an Ghail

Answer 5

A crisis in masculinity has meant that many men are committing suicide as a result of unemployment and loss of identity.

Question 6

Dodd

Answer 6

There are high levels of discrimination for particular groups of women such as those wearing hijabs when applying for jobs.