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26 Cards in this Set
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Social class |
Grouping people based on their job and status |
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Upper class |
Aristocracy, owners of big business and the very rich. Have good contacts and so likely to get the best jobs |
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Middle class |
Are better off and do not work with their hands, e. teachers, nurses and office workers. |
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Working class |
People who work in manual jobs, e.g. miners, factory workers and shipbuilders. |
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Other things to consider when deciding someone’s social class |
Accent, private education, wealth, lifestyle and area they live in. |
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Ageism |
The idea some age groups, e.g. the old, aren’t capable, and some act in a certain way, e.g. the young are trouble makers |
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The social construction of age |
The idea that the norms of what we do and how we behave at a certain age is made by society, e.g. childhood did not exist until recent times |
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Work |
Young people are often paid low wages and exploited. Older people are not promoted and sometimes forced to retire |
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Social construction of gender |
The idea that the norms of gender vary from society to society and over time, e.g. a woman’s place used to be in the home but now is also in the workplace. |
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Equal Pay Act 1970 |
Employers have to pay men and women the same money for the same work. |
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Sex Discrimination Act 1975 |
Employers have to employ and promote the best person for the job. They can’t discriminate against women (or men) |
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Women have not gained full equality |
1. Glass ceiling of sexism prevents women form getting the top jobs. 2. Women are still the main person responsible for housework and childcare (Triple shift) |
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Men’s traditional role |
Breadwinner |
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New man |
Helps with housework and childcare |
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Househusband |
Men and women swap roles |
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Crisis of masculinity |
Due to changes in the home and at work men no longer know what the norms are for being a man. |
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Homosexuality legalised in |
1967 |
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2005 |
Civil partnerships were legalised |
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2013 |
Marriages (same sex) Act allowing same sex marriages. |
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Disability |
Unable to do everyday tasks due to mental or physical difficulties. |
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Racism |
The belief that some races are better than others |
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Ethnicity |
A persons’ cultural group, religion, nationality or way of life |
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Ethnic pay gap |
The gap between the pay of white British people and ethnic minority groups |
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Functionalists |
Inequality motivates people to work hard to be winners, without it nobody would work hard. |
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Feminists |
Inequality between men & women is most important as it traps women in traditional roles of housewife and mother. |
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Marxists |
Inequality exists because ruling classes are exploiting the working classes who don’t realise they are being used. |
