Feminist perspectives on increased domestic abuse during Coronavirus lockdown
Lockdown saw a significant increase in Domestic Abuse cases, according to this Guardian article. According to the F-Word, the charity […]
Families and Households
Gender
education, Gender and education
The Gender Gap in Education
In 2022 girls still tend to do better than boys in GCSE, A-levels, BTECs and are much more likely to go to university.
education
Class, gender and ethnicity and your chances of getting to university…
How does your social class background, your gender and your ethnicity influence your chances of getting into university?
Crime and Deviance
Keeping Women out of Prison
Why do women offend, reoffend and how do we break the cycle?
Media, Sex and gender, Sociology key terms
Representations of men in the media
This post focuses on traditional representations of men as reinforcing aspects of hegemonic masculinity before considering some of the changes
Essay plans, Media, representations
Applying material from Item B and your knowledge, evaluate the view that the media portray women in a stereotypical way [20 marks]
An essay plan covering some of the knowledge and evaluation points you could use to answer this question for AQA
data visualization, Sex and gender
How equal are men and women in the UK?
The gap between men and women in terms of pay, and representation in big companies is decreasing rapidly, but significant
Media, Sex and gender
Media Representations of women
The media have historically under-represented women, something Tuchman referred to as ‘symbolic annihilation’; women have also been misrepresented through stereotyping and subject to the ‘male gaze’. However, in recent years representations of women are more common and more postive.
Media, Sex and gender, Sociology key terms
The U.K. now bans ads which reinforces gender stereotypes
In 2017 the Advertising Standards Authority published a report on gender stereotypes in advertising, prompted (among other things) by the
Who uses New Media?
What are the patterns of new-media usage in the UK by age, social class, gender. Is there still a digital divide?