Preference Theory Flashcards
1
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Sociologist
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Catherine Hakim 2006
2
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Key argument
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Women aren’t victims of unfair employment practices, they have preferences and make rational choices in types of work
3
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Key argument
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A lack of affordable childcare isn’t a major barrier to women getting jobs because mothers prioritise childbearing over employment
4
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Home centred
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Family and children are the main priority - 20%
5
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Adaptive
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Balance family life and work - 60%
6
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Work centred
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Careers are prioritised over family - 20%
7
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Evaluation
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- Gin Et Al (1996) argues that it’s often employers attitudes rather than women’s attitudes that confine women to the secondary labour market
- many feminists criticise Hakim for ignoring the power of patriarchy to subordinate and suppress women
- social class is not taken into consideration
