Inequality in society
- Created by: krishmaq
- Created on: 10-04-14 00:17
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- Inequality in society
- Gender
- Rise in feminism
- Patriachal society
- Equal Pay Act (1970) to reduce gender inequalities.
- Gender work stereotypes still exist
- Glass ceiling
- Double burden/Triple shift
- Part time work/low pay
- Maternity leave
- Childcare is expensive
- Maternity leave
- Under represented in parliament
- Cresh
- Sex Discrimination Act
- More at risk of poverty
- Achieve better results
- Rise in feminism
- Class
- Traditional working class communities have declined e.g coal mining
- Class identities have weakened (blurred lines)
- U/C have more power/status
- Old boys network= not meritocratic
- Murray's underclass theory
- Age
- Ageism
- Young people
- Negatively stereotyped
- Seen as less experienced for work
- Older people
- Seen as unfit for work
- Ethnicity
- The Equality and Human Rights
- 1976 Race Relations Act outlawed discrimination based on ethnicity
- Less likely to be hired due to lower english standards
- Institutional racism
- Over represented in crime
- Higher rates of unemployment/underachievement
- Under represented in parliament/ big management roles
- In this view, class, gender, ethnicity and age are seen as interlinked aspects of inequality rather than as completely separate aspects.
- Gender
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