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Explanations of gender inequalities
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- 1Murdock?Functionalist
- 2Murdock (functionalist)Gender inequalities are natural as there is a biological difference.
Women were at home because their biological function is of bearing children, their physique also means they can't perform strenuous tasks. - 3Parsons?Functionalist
- 4Parsons (functionalist)Men have an Instrumental role
Women are expressive
Separate roles are seen as contributing to the smooth running of society - 5Human Capital Theory?Functioanlist
- 6Human Capital Theory (functionalist)Men have more human capital- this is 'knowledge, competency, attitude and behaviour embedded in an individual'
Gender inequalities in the workplace arise and are legitimate outcome as women develop lower levels than men - 7Schlafy?New Right
- 8Schlafy (new right)A women's natural role is to be a mother and a wife
- 9Engles?Marxist
- 10Engles (marxist)Women's subordinate position is a result of the ownership of private property and the development of the nuclear family
The ideology of the nuclear family sought to restrict women's sexuality and enforce monogamy - 11Feeley?Marxist Feminist
- 12Feeley (marxist feminist)Ideology of the family in a capitalist society supports patriarchy
Socialises to accept traditional gender roles - 13Benston?Marxist Feminist
- 14Ansley?Marxist Feminist
- 15Benston (marxist feminist)Unpaid domestic work helps the capitalist system.
Women's role is a stabilising force
If a man has to provide for his wife and kids he is less likely to challenge - 16Ansley (marxist feminist)Husbands return home exploited and take frustrations and anger out on their wives
If all workers have their own 'sponge' this will aid false class consciousness and discourage a revolution - 17Beechy?Marxist feminist
- 18Beechy (marxist feminist)Women are a cheap reserve army of labour- this is because they are often not in unions and a prepared to work for less if their wage is a second income
- 19Stanko?Radical Feminist
- 20Stanko (radical feminist)Sexual harassment in the workplace is used to keep women in their place.
- 21Adkins?Radical feminists
- 22Adkins (radical feminists)Horizontal segregation with male and female employees are being given different types of roles
Female employees subject to continuous sexual harassment - 23Delphy and Leonard?Radical feminists
- 24Delphy and Leonard (radical feminists)Family is a major oppressor of women. Women work for the male head of the household and in this relationship he holds the economic power
- 25Millett?Radical feminist
- 26Millett (radical feminist)Men gained power over women because of biological factors, however she suggests that modern technology has provided development that mean men can no longer hold legitimate power and domination over women
- 27Johnson?Radical Feminists
- 28Johnson (radical feminist)Violence is a result of patriarchal traditions of man's right to control their woman.
Patriarchal terrorism - 29Oakley?Liberal feminists
- 30Oakley (liberal feminist)Socialisation into hegemonic gender roles through
-Manipulation
-Canalisation
-Verbal appellations
-Different domestic activities - 31Yuval-Davis?Black Feminist
- 32Yuval- Davis (black feminist)Criticises feminism for being ethnocentric
- 33Abbott et al (Black feminist)Feminism concentrates on 'women's experiences derived from the white perspective and priorites'
- 34Abbott et al?Black feminist
- 35Brewer?Black Feminism
- 36Brewer (Black feminism)Triple systems theory- class, race and gender. These create multiple sources of deprivation and inequality each of them reinforce and multiply the others
- 37Walby (post feminist)Intersectionality
Six structures of patriarchy
-Paid employment
-The household
-The state
-Cultural Institutions
-Sexuality
-Violence - 38Walby?Post feminist
- 39Hakim?Post feminist
- 40Hakim (post feminists)Preference theory
Women have choices. They can be home centred, adaptive and work centred women - 41Weber?Weberian
- 42Weber (Weberian)Class, status and party
Women have less status and party - 43Barron and Norris (weberian)Dual labour market. Women are located in the secondary market
- 44Baron and Norris?Weberian
- 45Skeggs?Postmodernist
- 46Skeggs (postmodernist)Women are too divided by class, gender and age to use blanket explanations
- 47Faludi?Postmodernist
- 48Faludi (postmodernist)Feminist backlash
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