Feminism and poverty
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- Feminism and Poverty
- Why are women more likely to be poor?
- they are more dependant on men due to their responsibility for childcare
- women have been restricted to 'womens jobs'
- most lone-parent families are headed by women (90%)
- women have a longer life expectancy than men (pension)
- the glass ceiling effect
- expected maternity leave in jobs
- Williams (1993) - reinforcing women's dependancy
- welfare legislation has been built upon sexist assumptions of women
- benefits were only offered to those who worked full-time and paid national insurance
- women at a disadvantage
- benefits were only offered to those who worked full-time and paid national insurance
- a woman that co-inhibits eith a man may lose their entitlement to income support
- welfare legislation has been built upon sexist assumptions of women
- benefits were only offered to those who worked full-time and paid national insurance
- women at a disadvantage
- benefits were only offered to those who worked full-time and paid national insurance
- welfare legislation has been built upon sexist assumptions of women
- welfare legislation has been built upon sexist assumptions of women
- Lewis (1991) - failure to provide childcare
- women tend to carry out the most informal care in the family
- unpaid domestic labour is a natural part of a women's role
- justifies the state and the employer not taking into account the elderly/disabled/sickness etc.
- Barrett (1980) - women as cheap labour
- we should support the ideal nuclear family
- male is the breadwinner and the female is economically depenant
- the state reinforces male dominance and helps capitslists
- we should support the ideal nuclear family
- Why are women more likely to be poor?
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