level: Level 1
Questions and Answers List
level questions: Level 1
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Women make the less important decisions e.g. home decorating, food. Link to earnings. | What did Edgell (1980) find about decision making? |
| Women earn less. Men earn around 15% more than women. Many households men still main earners which gives them most financial power. | Pahl argued that there is growing individualisation in couple’s finances. Why might this lead to less financial equality? |
| Violence in families – not the happy cereal packet stereotype | What is meant by ‘the darker side of family life’? |
| One in four women and one in six men. | How many women and how many men will be victims of domestic violence at some point? |
| Most cases go unreported – stigma, afraid, not taken seriously | Why are these figures likely to be higher in reality? |
| Shame, fear, embarrassment, financial insecurity, worries over children | Why do many women not leave violent partners? |
| 1991 | When was rape within marriage confirmed as a criminal offence? |
| Marxist – focus on structural factors like social deprivation, poverty and overcrowding Radical feminists blame patriarchy. | What is the difference between the explanation of the division of violence between radical and Marxist feminists? |
| Men use violence to exert their patriarchal power over women. Keep them in a state of submission. Dobash and Dobash. | How do radical feminists explain domestic violence? Name the feminists who do this research |
| Right to Know Law 2014 | Liberal feminists point to legal changes to improve the position of women. Name one of these changes. |