Gender Inequalities in Society
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- Created on: 13-02-14 23:29
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- Gender Inequalities in the Contemporary UK
- Workplace
- Women who work full time are less likely than men to achieve positions of authority
- The concept of "glass cieling" has been used to describe how women can reach a certain point but can't break through to top jobs
- There are examples of a decline in women in areas such as science and technology (associated with higher paid jobs"
- "The leaky pipeline"
- Home
- Women play a "dual role" - an active role in the public and the private domestic spheres
- Seager (1997) found that women spent more time a week on domestic activities and men spent more time on paid work. Men also had more leisure time
- Politics
- Women are still grossly unrepresented in parliament
- In October 2008 126 out of 646 MP's were female
- Women are still grossly unrepresented in parliament
- Education
- On average, females achieve better results in SAT's, GCSE's, A Level's and diplomas
- Truancy rates show that males are more likely to truant from school and significantly more likely to be excluded than females
- Health
- In general, women have women have a higher life expectancy
- However, women have a lower healthy life expectancy and a higher number of years spent in poor health
- In general, women have women have a higher life expectancy
- Workplace
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