Gender Inequalities : Preference Theory

Question 1

Who developed Preference Theory?

Answer 1

Catherine Hakim

Question 2

What Theory does it reject?

Answer 2

Feminism

Question 3

What does Hakim argue?

Answer 3

Argues women choose positions like part time work and housewife roles

Question 4

What are the three categories?

Answer 4

Home( 20%), Work(20%) or Adaptive(60%)

Question 5

What does Hakim be criticized for ignoring?

Answer 5

Argued she ignores Patriarchy and it’s power

Question 6

What does Ginn( 1996) say about Hakim’s theory

Answer 6

Argues it is employer’s attitudes rather than women’s attitudes that confine them to the secondary labor market