Gender Ineq (crime) Male Disadvantage Flashcards
1
Q
Sewell
A
Young, Black Afro-Caribbean boys turn to hypermasculine culture - ‘Get rich quick’ attitudes
2
Q
Messerschmidt
A
Argues the gang acts as a location for males to ‘do masculinity’ which has to be accomplished and proved – He calls this ‘accomplished masculinity’
3
Q
Faludi
A
Males are not ‘deviant’, they are ‘performing their masculinity’ and demonstrated qualities expected from males: toughness, bravery and strength
4
Q
Bourdieu
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States that although working class males are violent, sociologists miss the ‘symbolic violence’ displayed by ‘powerful’ older males – Through being the exploiter (this is a Marxist explanation)
5
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Who
A
Sewell, Messerschmidt, faludi, bourdieu
