Strat 6: Sylvia Walby

Question 1

D: What type of sociologist is SW?

E: What does ‘patriarchy’ mean?

C: What type of research method does she use?

Answer 1

D: A feminist

E: A system of male power/ dominance

C: Secondary sources- writing by 4 types of feminists

Question 2

D: How many elements of patriarchy does SW identify?

E: Name 3 of the elements of patriarchy

C: Name all of the elements of patriarchy

Answer 2

D: 6

E and C:

• paid work
• the home
• culture
• sexuality
• male violence
• the State.

Question 3

D: How is the home patriarchal?

E: How is paid work patriarchal?

C: Which other sociologists would agree that the family is patriarchal?

Answer 3

D: women do more free domestic labour in the home.

E: There is a pay gap- women typically earn less than men.

C: Delphy and Leonard, Ann Oakley, Eli Zaretsky

Question 4

D: How does male violence maintain gender inequality?

E: How does culture maintain patriarchy?

C: Which sociologist would use the two elements above to explain why women don’t commit crime?

Answer 4

D: Fear of violence means that women don’t press for change.

E: Double standards for men and women, mean that women are judged for not fitting into society’s expected role for them.

C: Frances Heidensohn.

Question 5

D: Name one advantage of using secondary sources.

E: Name one disadvantage of using secondary sources.

C: Is this theory still valid for the UK today?

Answer 5

D: Quicker and cheaper than primary research.

E: Potentially less valid.

C: There have been changes, but there is evidence that all 6 areas still impact gender inequality in the UK today.