Male Disadvantage Flashcards
Mac and Ghail - workplace
The crisis of masculinity. DEINDUSTRIALISATION and feminisation of the labour market has led to increased unemployment for men
Willis - Workplace
States that working class lads are fatalistic about their futures due to following in their fathers footsteps- leading them into low status , low paid , basic manual labour jobs
Doyal - Workplace
Claims that males dominate in high risk industrial jobs , they are more likely to suffer workplace accidents
Sewell - media
Black Afro Caribbean boys turned to rapper role modes due to the lack of father figures - leads boys to be deviant and into a anti school subculture - hyper masculinity
Billington - Media
Media presents masculinity as dominant and femininity as subordinate
Easthorpe - media
Hollywood films and computer games , transmit the view that masculinity based on strength , aggression , competition and violence
Willis - education
Working class - lads - this means they developed anti school attitudes in the workplace as they did not see the value in achievement
Mitsos and Browne - education
States that teachers treat males and females differently and that this can cause inequality for boys - teachers too lenient on laddish behaviour
Department for education
2019 - 71.9% of female students achieved a c/4 grade - 62.9% of male students who achieved a c/4 grade or higher
Messerschmidt- crime
Argues gang acts as a location for males to ‘do masculinity ‘ which has to be accomplished and proved - called accomplished masculinity
Campbell - crime
Men are denied their masculinity through academic success or being the breadwinner they turn to violence and anti social behaviour
Faludi - crime
Males are not deviant they are performing their masculinity
