Working C Disadvantage Workplace

Question 1

What did the inequality brief say?

Answer 1

• the richest 20% of people in the UK have 60% of the wealth of the UK

Question 2

What did Mac an Ghaill say?

Answer 2

• deindustrialisation has led to a crisis of masculinity amongst working class males as they face unemployment
• workplace has become feminised due decline in manual labour jobs and lose sense of hegemonic masculinity

Question 3

What did Willis say?

Answer 3

• working class males see their futures as working in basic manual labour jobs like their fathers therefore they do not aspire for more
• lads developed anti learning culture and rejected school values leading to no qualifications