social issues

Question 1

John Major speech at party conference 1993

Answer 1

reflected a period of time where there were substantical social changes - said many found it concerting

Question 2

Thatcher’s influence

Answer 2

very socially conservative, negative attitudes peaked in 1987

Question 3

identification of AIDS

Answer 3

first case 1981
gay men at risk - ‘gay plague’

Question 4

government AIDS prevention campaign

Answer 4

needle exchanges set up
leaflets distributed to houses and schools
billboards, TV and radio ads - ‘dont die of ignorance’

Question 5

Diana and AIDS

Answer 5

visited and shook hands with AIDS patients

Question 6

AIDS impact on prejudice

Answer 6

greater prejudice for gay people, more homophobia and violence

Question 7

councils and homosexuality

Answer 7

‘loony left’ councils accused of promoting homosexual lifestyles by funding support groups

Question 8

Section 28

Answer 8

prohibited the ‘promotion of homosexuality’

passed in response to book ‘Jenny lives with Eric and Martin’ about a young gilr living with her father and his boyfriend

Question 9

impact of section 28

Answer 9

many believed it made it illegal to discuss homosexuality in schools

Question 10

reaction to section 28

Answer 10

HR group ‘OutRage!’ used direct action - threatened to ‘out’ gay MPs

stonewall backed legal cases at the ECHR, challenging unequal age of consent and ban on homsexuals in armed forces

Question 11

marriage and divorce

Answer 11

divorce rates hit record highs in 1990s - 2% divorced

Question 12

children

Answer 12

born out of wedlock - doubled from 12% in early 1980s to 80% in early 1990s

single mothers and absent fathers criticised

Question 13

child support agency

Answer 13

set up 1993
ensure that absent parents paid maintenance for their children

Question 14

contraception

Answer 14

contraversially available to girls under the age of consent without parental knowledge

high court ruled could only be given with parental consent - overruled by HOL in 1985

Question 15

Video recording act

Answer 15

1994
ensured videos had british film classifications attached

Question 16

What did conservative scandal show

Answer 16

made it clear that the public expectation of behaviour of public figures was still high

Question 17

Major and class

Answer 17

when became PM, aimed to create a classless society

Question 18

thatcher’s influence

Answer 18

thatcher questioned much of the post war period
change = inevitable

Question 19

royal family in 1990s

Answer 19

general decline in popularity

Question 20

royal marriages

Answer 20

3/4 queen children marraiges declined

many extramarital affairs - phone recordings published

Question 21

royal finance

Answer 21

public reaction to the financing of the restoration of Windsor Castle after fire in 1992

led to the Queen agreeing to pay tax on her private income and a reduction in the civil list

Question 22

princess diana

Answer 22

her role in the media was contraversial

damaging revalations about her treatment by the royal family

crash of public support for royals after accused of not caring/responsibility for diana’s death in car crash

Question 23

Young British Artists (YBA)

Answer 23

challanged ideas about what art was

created art from materials and processes not usually associated with art eg. dead animals

formed the bassis of the Sensation exhibition in 1997

Question 24

youth culture

Answer 24

explosion of raves and parties

1988-89 - ‘second summer of love’

Question 25

drugs

Answer 25

music with a psychedelic edge arrived from the USA - 'acid house' parties linked to the use of ecstacy promoted a moral panic about drug-taking

Question 26

government response to youth culture

Answer 26

passed the Criminal Justice and Public Order Act in 1994 gave more power to police to break up parties

Question 27

environmental action

Answer 27

protests against road developments 1992 M3 and M1 junctions brought together a wide range of people many climed or chained themselves to trees due to be uprooted, built tunnels and lived underground

Question 28

'third wave feminism'

Answer 28

beggining of 1990s broader than just legal and financial inequalities more emphasis on breaking down stereotypes involving gender, race and sexuality

Question 29

Riot Grrrl movement

Answer 29

female bands such as Bikini Kill and Huggy Bear sang about feminist issues

Question 30

'girl power'

Answer 30

message becoming more mainstream by mid 1990s led by the Spice Girls

Question 31

Thatcher and feminism

Answer 31

showed women could achieve highly she did little for women only 1 female cabinet minister did not encourage women in HOC 'I owe nothing to womens lib'

Question 32

higher education

Answer 32

become more balanced oxbridge became co-educational

Question 33

women in power

Answer 33

1992 betty boothroyd first female speaker Stella rimmington first female head of MI5 1994 first ordiantion of women as priests in the Church of England

Question 34

Rape within marriage

Answer 34

1994 rape within marriage became a criminal offence

Question 35

women at work

Answer 35

became increasingly normal for women to work 1993 68% women employed 1996 50% employees were women womens pay improved and taxed separately to their husbands

Question 36

multiculturalism

Answer 36

britain becoming more comfortable no mass outbreaks of disorder

Question 37

riots

Answer 37

1991 and 1992 in towns and cities involved mainly young white men on deprived council estates

Question 38

HOC and race

Answer 38

1987 4 non-white MPs were elected 1992 black conservative MP lost seat amid roumors of racism from local conservatoves

Question 39

police

Answer 39

tensions remained between young black men and the police murder of stephen lawrence police not take seriously and accuse of 'institutionally racist'

Question 40

asylum seekers

Answer 40

sharp increase in number fleeing from violent upheavals in places such as Somalia, Afghanistan and Iraq

Question 41

migration

Answer 41

continued to increase many from new commonwealth such as India, Pakistan and Bangladesh often relatives of those already in the UK

Question 42

muslims in the UK

Answer 42

concerns started to be raised about integration into British society contraversy over Salaman Rushdie novel recieved many death threats BUT many muslims viewed as acceptable issues in Gulf war and Balkans highlighted tensions