inequalities

Question 1

age in workplace- johnson

Answer 1

ageism happens in the workplace due to sterotypical assumptions about people’s competency to do a job because of their age

Question 2

age in workplace- ritzer

Answer 2

young people are on 0 hour contracts- ‘McJobs’ with low pay and low fringe benefits

Question 3

age in workplace- barron and norris

Answer 3

young and old people are in the secondary labour market

Question 4

age in crime- jacobson

Answer 4

3/4 of kids in custody have absent fathers, live in deprived households or have ‘complex backgrounds’

Question 5

age in crime- harding

Answer 5

youths in London are in ‘street casino’ trying to gain street capital

Question 6

age in health- the guardian

Answer 6

the UK healthcare system is institutionally ageist

Question 7

age in health- human rights watch

Answer 7

older people in England are ay ‘serious risk of harm’ due to poor health assessments

Question 8

age in media- cohen

Answer 8

youths are negatively labelled to create folk devils

Question 9

age in media- best

Answer 9

media amplifies youth’s deviance to create moral panics

Question 10

age in media- carrigan and szmigin

Answer 10

the elderly are stereotyped as being smelly and incontinent

Question 11

class in workplace- mac an ghail

Answer 11

deindustrialisation led to a crisis of masculinity for working class males who lost jobs

Question 12

class in workplace- scott

Answer 12

upper class practice social closure to keep the most wealth

Question 13

class in workplace- willis

Answer 13

working class males stay in manual labour jobs through imitating fathers

Question 14

class in education- bourdieu

Answer 14

education devalues achievements of working class children through the hidden curriculum

Question 15

class in education- becker

Answer 15

middle class students are labelled as the ‘ideal pupil’

Question 16

class in education- lacey

Answer 16

setting students means that those from deprived backgrounds are in lower sets

Question 17

class in health- rowlingson and mullinex

Answer 17

low levels of income can affect mental and physical health

Question 18

class in health- the joseph rowntree foundation

Answer 18

those in deprived areas have a lower life expectancy

Question 19

class in media- jones

Answer 19

‘chavtainment’ portrays the working class as bigoted, slothful and aggressive

Question 20

class in media- price

Answer 20

‘poverty porn’ exploits the underclass for entertainment purposes

Question 21

class in media- milliband

Answer 21

media is the opium of the people to distract the working class from their exploitation in society

Question 22

gender in workplace- adkins

Answer 22

vertical and horizontal segregartion makes women face glass ceilling, sexual harrassment in workplace

Question 23

gender in workplace- the fawcett society

Answer 23

pay gap= 13.7%

Question 24

gender in workplace- bates

Answer 24

18/108 high court judges are female

Question 25

gender in education- skelton

Answer 25

hidden curriculum socialises students into patriarchal society

Question 26

gender in education- kelly

Answer 26

science is packaged as a boys subject- footballs and cars in textbooks and boys dominate classroom

Question 27

gender in education- mitsos and browne

Answer 27

sees girls breaking rules as ‘doubly deviant’

Question 28

gender in crime- harding

Answer 28

girls take on roles as ‘fixers’ in gangs

Question 29

gender in crime- home office

Answer 29

6% of reported rapes result in conviction

Question 30

gender in crime- leonard

Answer 30

judges view girls breaking the law as ‘doubly deviant’

Question 31

gender in media- ferguson

Answer 31

cult of femininity promotes marriage, family and appearance

Question 32

gender in media- billington

Answer 32

masculinity presented as dominant, femininity as subordinate

Question 33

gender in media- mulvey

Answer 33

male gaze presents women as passive objects of male desire

Question 34

ethnicity in workplace- barron and norris

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ethnic minorities are in secondary labour market

Question 35

ethnicity in workplace- wood et al

Answer 35

ethnic sounding names need 16 applications whilst white sounding ones need 9

Question 36

ethnicity in education- jasper

Answer 36

black boys negatively treated and stereotyped by teachers

Question 37

ethnicity in education- gillborn

Answer 37

black boys are put in lower sets

Question 38

ethnicity in education- mirza

Answer 38

black girls face institutional racism and negative labelling from teachers

Question 39

ethnicity in crime- hood

Answer 39

black men are more likely to receive custodial sentences

Question 40

ethnicity in crime- harding

Answer 40

street casino makes black men compete to gain street capital

Question 41

ethnicity in crime- social trends survey

Answer 41

black people are 7x more likely to be stop and searched

Question 42

ethnicity in health- ONS

Answer 42

black people are 4x more likely to die from covid

Question 43

ethnicity in health- mentalhealth.org

Answer 43

detention rates under mental health act are 4x higher for black people

Question 44

ethnicity in media- alexander

Answer 44

myth of asian gang demonises and criminalises asian boys

Question 45

ethnicity in media- hall

Answer 45

black people are seen through white eye and stereotyped as natives. slaves, entertainers