female disadvantage

Question 1

adkins

Answer 1

workplace, horizontal and vertical segregation (theme parks)

Question 2

barron and norris

Answer 2

workplace, women are more likely to be in the secondary labour market, low pay, low status.

Question 3

laura bates

Answer 3

workplace, uk parliament, men outnumber women 4 to 1, only 18 out of 108 high court judges are women.

Question 4

skelton

Answer 4

education, hidden curriculum negatively influences subject choices.

Question 5

kelly

Answer 5

education, science is packaged to boys, they dominate the class and examples are male relatable.

Question 6

colley

Answer 6

education, subject choices are negatively influenced by perception of gender roles, subject preferences and learning environment.

Question 7

ferguson

Answer 7

media, womens magazines, based around a cult of femininity which promotes the idea that excellence is achieved through caring, appearance and family.

Question 8

billington

Answer 8

media, masculinity is dominant, femininity is subordinate.

Question 9

laura bates

Answer 9

media, women directed 5% of 250 major films in 2012 and only 1/5 of front page news articles are written by women.

Question 10

harding

Answer 10

crime, in gangs, girls took the “fixers” and were used to hide things, subject to harassment and abuse.

Question 11

home office

Answer 11

crime, only 6% of rapes reported resulted in a conviction.

Question 12

laura bates

Answer 12

crime, over 2 women a week in the uk are killed by a current or former partner.