Male inequality - work and income

Question 1

What does health and safety data suggest about men in the workplace ?

Answer 1

95% of the 200 people in the workplace that have been killed are men

Question 2

What did the ONS say about males and employment ?

Answer 2

• men work an average of 39 hours a week

Question 2

What did David Benatar say about employment ?

Answer 2

• jobs which are the least desirable, most dangerous, least pay and least security are occupied by men

Question 3

How many men 2021 were killed in the workplace ?

Answer 3

131 men

Question 4

What was Warin’s study ?

Answer 4

• studied 95 families in Rochdale
• Father, Mothers and teenagers thought that the father should be the main breadwinner
• Fathers are under pressure to provide for their families - e.g. to provide their teenagers with consumer goods
• Men are turning into ‘all-singing. all-dancing super dads’
• This is because they have started dot provide emotional support
• Their contribution goes unrecognised

Question 5

What is the equal opportunities commission ?

Answer 5

• fathers are more likely to be employed than men without children dependent on him
• mens earnings are generally a higher proportion of income than women which means they spend less time with their children
• fathers are discouraged by workplace norms such as taking time off

Question 6

What does Warren Farrelll say about men in a crisis ?

Answer 6

• the glass cellar
• just as the glass cieling describes invisible barriers that keep women out of jobs
• the ‘cellar’ describes the invisible barrier that keep men in jobs with the most hazards
• e.g. welder, roofer, sewer maintenence

Question 7

What did David Benatar say about men in a crisis ?

Answer 7

• looked at the disadvantages that men face
• more boys drop out of school which means that fewer earn a degree
• more men are incarcerated
• custody of children is given to women even if the man in the primary care-giver

Question 8

What are the evaluations of male inequalities ?

Answer 8

• Feminists - male inequalities are minor compared to women
• Walker = sexism against men doesn’t exist in the same way as females because of the way the system is balanced
• Evidence shows that the labour market continues to favour men - maintains inequality
• Gender pay gap is prevalent - men still earn more on average than women