Paper 2 Gender

Question 1

GCSE results between boys and girls

Answer 1

Girls consistently out perform boys
2014 A star to C for girls was 73.1% and boys boys it was 64.3%

Question 2

How does cutting the state benefits affect women

Answer 2

They make up a fifth of women’s incomes compared to a tenth of males

Question 3

What percentage of women have a persistent low wage compared to men’s percentage

Answer 3

22% compared to 14% for men

Question 4

What percentage of people in national minimum wage jobs are women (low pay commission 2007)

Answer 4

70%

Question 5

How much will women’s wage reduce by each year if they are absent from work for a year

Answer 5

5%

Question 6

How much wealth do all women own between them

Answer 6

1% even though they are 50% of population

Question 7

Are women more likely to be in poverty than men

Answer 7

Yes

Question 8

What percentage of women make up the worlds poor

Answer 8

70%

Question 9

Chant argues time poverty
What is time poverty

Answer 9

Women have multiple jobs are are being underpaid or unpaid

Question 10

What percentage of lone parent families are headed by women

Answer 10

90% and majority are poor

Question 11

What did the women’s budget group 2005 find

Answer 11

Women often go without food,clothing and warmth to protect children

Question 12

In regards to work and employment what did the ONS find:

Answer 12

Women with children are less likely to work
Women dominate employment within the caring and leisure occupations
Men make up majority of top 10% of earners

Question 13

What percentage of uk bank CEOs are women

Answer 13

11.1%

Question 14

How many women are sacked every year for being pregnant

Answer 14

30,000

Question 15

How many women lose out on pay or promotions as a result of pregnancy

Answer 15

440,000

Question 16

How many hours a week do women spend doing chores compared to men

Answer 16

Women 15 hours
Men 5 hours

Question 17

Are women likely to be upwardly mobile

Answer 17

No

Question 18

What did the 2014 global gender gap report say

Answer 18

Ranked countries according to how well they divide resources and opportunities among male and females
Britain was ranked 26th

Question 19

What did Savage 2011 find

Answer 19

Studied social mobility in 2000s and found that men were 40% were more likely to climb the career ladder than women

Question 20

What did Li and Devines report show

Answer 20

Black African women have experienced at 15-20% fall in full time employment rates where as white women have remained stable
Young British women said discrimination has been a barrier to employment despite their high levels of qualifications

Question 21

How do men display their masculinity

Answer 21

In crime and anti social behaviour

Question 22

With the equality of women growing what does this mean for male jobs

Answer 22

There are less traditional male jobs

Question 23

What does government data show about boys in education

Answer 23

Twice as likely to have literacy problems
Four times more likely to be excluded from school

Question 24

What did the department of education figures show

Answer 24

That white working class boys are the largest underachieving group in education
The head of Ofsted said this was due to their anti school subculture

Question 25

What did the tests by the Programme for international student assessment PICA show

Answer 25

That boys lag a year behind girls at reading in every country

Question 26

What did the department of health show about men life expectancy

Answer 26

Women are likely to live four years longer than males

Question 27

What did the ONS data find in regard to males health

Answer 27

2010 men develop a heart disease ten years earlier than women
2011 rate of suicide for men is three times higher than women

Question 28

Are men more likely to have an alcohol or drug problem

Answer 28

Yes

Question 29

67% of people consume alcohol at hazardous level what percentage of those are male

Answer 29

80%

Question 30

75% of people are dependent on cannabis what percentage of those are male

Answer 30

69%

Question 31

What percentage of the 200 people killed in the workplace every year are male

Answer 31

More than 95%

Question 32

What did ONS find that the average working hours for males are compared to women

Answer 32

39 hours compared to 34 for women

Question 33

What did Benatars book state

Answer 33

The least desirable jobs and most dangerous jobs are largely dominated by males

Question 34

What did Warin et al study of 95 families state

Answer 34

That majority of fathers mothers and teenage children believe the father should be the breadwinner
So they found that fathers are under pressure to provide for their families

Question 35

What did the report by the Equal opportunities commission find

Answer 35

Fathers are more likely to be employed
Fathers are less likely to work part time 4% than men without children 9%
Uk fathers work the longest hours in Europe 46.9 hrs a week compared to France 35.5 hrs
Fathers working more than 50 hours a week spend less time with their children
Fathers often feel discouraged by the workplace norms from taking time off work for family or expressing a wish for flexible work