Workplace - gender identity Flashcards
1
Q
What areas of work have declined?
A
Traditional manual labour
2
Q
What areas of work have increased? 3
A
Office based jobs
Part time
Casual
3
Q
What has new technology brought with it?
A
The need for new skills
4
Q
How have women developed in the workplace? 2
A
More economically active
Financially independent
5
Q
Mac an Ghaill 4
A
Working-class men face ‘crisis of masculinity’
Lost traditional jobs
unprepared for other skill areas
Women have more jobs as labour market becomes more feminised
6
Q
Frosh et al
A
Males have to negotiate their traditional masculinities for more flexible masculine identities
7
Q
Adkins
A
The sexualisation of some jobs
e.g. leisure industry
women take up subordinate femininities to keep the jobs they financially need
