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Gender Gap (Changes in women’s employment (According to Social Trends…
Gender Gap
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Up until the late 1980’s boys outperformed girls in O’Levels (before they were replaced by GCSE’s) as well as A Levels. They were also more likely to attend university than girls.
71.3 per cent of female entries were awarded at least a C grade, compared with just 62.4 per cent of their male counterparts.
A higher percentage of female entries also achieved A* or A grades: 24.1 per cent compared with 16.8 per cent for boys – a gap of 7.3 percentage points
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Changes in the family
The Office for National Statistics suggest that changes there have been changes in family structure:
Women are more likely to take on the breadwinner role; there is now more divorce, and more lone parent families; women are more likely to remain single.
However, the increasing independence of women has lead to a more uncertain role for men in British society, leaving many men feeling vulnerable and unsure of their identity in society – suffering from a crisis of masculinity.
The impact of feminism
Feminism has campaigned for equal rights and opportunities for women in education, the workplace and wider society more generally.
Feminist sociologists argue that many of the above changes have been brought about by their attempts to highlight gender inequalities in society and their efforts to encourage the government
schools and teachers to actually combat patriarchy and provide genuine equality of opportunity which has lead to raising the expectations and self-esteem of girls.
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