Women Are More Spiritual Than Men, Which Attacts Them To NAM’s

Question 1

Research

Answer 1

‘ Holistic ‘ milieu culture in Kendal, where actives promotes the well being of the whole person + their social environment are extremely popular - 80% of the participants were female

Question 2

Women are more closely associated with nature + healing than men

Answer 2

Which is thought to be connected to their roles in bearing children + caring more for relatives when they are stick or elderly - may drive them towards activities which supplement their expressive role + allow a focus on yoga, meditation + crystal healing

Question 3

Women experience a role conflict between the public + individual spheres

Answer 3

Women nowadays are more likely to have paid employment, which is the public sphere of their life, but they are still expected to have primary responsibility for their family, which is the private sphere

Question 4

Conflicted

Answer 4

Women may feel conflicted as they struggle to manage the two roles and do both so well, without causing one role to negatively impact the other - may leave the women feeling tired + as well as have no time to priority themselves

Question 5

NAM’S promote self-worth + prioritising your individual needs

Answer 5

May make them attractive to women, as it gives them some time to focus just on the individual sphere, instead of thinking about other people

Question 6

Women of different class groups

Answer 6

Bruce notes that middle class women, who are more likely to have careers, are often attracted to activities which promote self-improvement + success - may involve them engaging in practices such as meditation to improve their focus + for them to be successful at work

Question 7

Working class women

Answer 7

More fatalistic + may be unlikely to view themselves as being able to self-improve - may attract them to cult activities which are more passive + support their stance that their futures are already written, such as horoscopes or tarot card readings

Question 8

Evaluation

Answer 8

Could be accused of pandering to gendered stereotypes - no empirical evidence to suggest that all women experience things such as closeness with nature; assumes that all women have a maternal instinct with requires fulfilment

Issue or role conflict could be argued to have more of a hindrance on women’s ability to participate in NAM’S; surely if they are already having difficulty judging multiple roles, they would struggle to find the time to get involved in further activities