Consequences of inequality

Question 1

What are the impacts on family life from career and job prospects?

Answer 1

1. Before becoming a mother, job prospects are high as all their time can be focused on a career.
2. After becoming a mother, most women go on maternity leave or leave their jobs to entirely focus on childbearing which negatively impacts their future prospects for work.

Question 2

What are the impacts of the triple shift on women?

Answer 2

1. Women have little time to spend on leisure activities and end up very secluded.
2. The seclusion caused by the triple shift can lead to depression and loneliness.

Question 3

What is the Radical feminist perspective on the causes of domestic violence?

Answer 3

1. Dobash and Dobash - marriage legitimatises violence against women, and husbands were often provoked by challenges to their authority.

Question 4

What are the criticisms of the Radical feminist perspective on the causes of domestic violence?

Answer 4

1. Men can be victims too.

Question 5

What is the New Right perspective on the causes of domestic violence?

Answer 5

1. Only occurs in dysfunctional families, which focuses it more on the working class.

Question 6

What are the criticisms of the New Right perspective on the causes of domestic violence?

Answer 6

1. Not limited by class.

Question 7

What is the Postmodernist perspective on the causes of domestic violence?

Answer 7

1. Giddens - caused by emotional intensity of family life, and the increasing isolation of nuclear families.

Question 8

What are the criticisms of the Postmodernist perspective on the causes of domestic violence?

Answer 8

1. Not all families are violent.

Question 9

What is the Marxist Feminist perspective on the causes of domestic violence?

Answer 9

1. Wilkinson - it is a result of stress caused by social inequalities.

Question 10

What are the criticisms of the Marxist Feminist perspective on the causes of domestic violence?

Answer 10

1. Doesn’t explain why women are more likely to be victims.