Sociology at Girton

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Year 10: Homework due Friday 28th October

Complete the questions below which relate to our film study:

Social Changes in the Workplace: Feminism

Revision Questions

  1. What is ‘social change’ and what impact does it have on established institutions?
  2. What is Gender Stereotyping? How does this affect workplaces? Eg. A female builder may be perceived as less able as a male builder because she may be physically ‘weaker’.
  3. What is Gender Socialisation? How do our families and institutions like schools affect our identities?
  4. What is Feminism?
  5. What was/is the Feminist movement?
  6. Identify some of the inequalities you perceive for women in modern Western society.
  7. Identify some of the inequalities you perceive for men in modern Western society.

October 20, 2011 Posted by | Unit Two Family, Education and the Workplace 2011 | Leave a comment