Gender External factors Flashcards
(13 cards)
Symbolic capital
Status, recognition and sense of worth we obtain from others
Archer et al - 2010
Impact of feminism EXPL
Improvement of women’s rights (laws)
Raised women’s self esteem
Challenged their traditional role
Impact of feminism- McRobbie (1994)
Change of magazine covers they shifted from promoting the role of the housewife to being ambitious well- achieved women
Impact of feminism - EVAL
Eg having teachers as ‘real life’ role models as opposed to celebrities may be out of touch with life
Change in the Family EXP
^ in divorce rate and country isn’t touched by religion
^ in cohabitation
^ in lone families
Change in the Family EX
Divorce act (1969)
Dual Burden and Triple shift
Change in the Family EVAL
Murray argues lone parent families= inadequate socialisation + likely to be in poor demographic disadvantage for educational success
Increase in divorce cause upheaval in children’s lives turn away from education
Changes in the workplace EXPL
Laws- more women are paid to work
Broken the ‘glass ceiling’ - see future careers
Changes in the workplace EXA
1970 Equal pay act
1975 sex discrimination act
2010 equality act
Changes in the workplace EVAL
Still a gender pay gap + discrimination
Changes in women’s ambitions EXPL
Sharpe (1994) - conducted unstructured interviews of young girls ambitions in the 70s and they were to find a husband and be a housewife
In 1990s ambitions changed girls being more career focused
Changes in women’s ambitions EX
O’Conner (2006)
found that 14-17 yr said marriage and children weren’t a big part of their lives
Changes in women’s ambitions EVAL
Reay - working class girls have limited ambitions may not have job opportunities for people like them
see less points in education
