Gender Inequality Flashcards
(6 cards)
What did Dobash & Dobash find about domestic violence and how does it reinforce gender inequality?
Dobash & Dobash found DV was often triggered when wives challenged male authority or didn’t meet domestic expectations.
This reinforces gender inequality by showing how marriage legitimises male dominance, making the family a site of control and violence rather than safety.
What is Hochschild’s concept of the dual burden and how does it reflect inequality?
Hochschild (2013) found women do both paid work and unpaid domestic labour.
This creates time poverty and reinforces inequality by overloading women with responsibilities while men often contribute less at home.
According to Duncombe & Marsden, how does the triple shift highlight gender inequality in families?
Women perform paid work, housework, and emotional work—e.g. organising birthdays, managing others’ feelings.
This highlights how women are expected to maintain emotional harmony in the home, placing invisible burdens that men are rarely expected to carry.
What does Walklate argue about how rape victims are treated by the legal system?
Walklate (2008) found rape victims must prove their ‘respectability’, with scrutiny on clothing or behaviour.
This reflects institutionalised victim-blaming and misogyny, where the burden is on the woman to defend herself, not the perpetrator.
What did the 2023 Casey Review reveal about the Met Police and gender inequality?
The Casey Review exposed a misogynistic culture in the Met, where victims of sexual violence were judged or ignored.
Shows how state institutions uphold gender inequality by minimising male violence and undermining female victims.
What did Carlen (1983) find about how women are judged in court, and how does this reinforce inequality?
Women are judged not only on their crimes but on whether they conform to traditional gender roles (e.g. wife/mother).
Courts punish women who break both legal and gender norms, reflecting double deviance and patriarchal expectations.
