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benefits of consumer society - Coggle Diagram
benefits of consumer society
working class white people
pros
able to buy into middle class lifestyle
GI Bill of rights - increased ops
Consumer gadgetd
reduced working week
increased social security
increased minimum wage
low unemployment
cons
gender inequalities
women = less social security than men
women paid less than men and had access to fewer opportunities in the work place
unions historically hostile towards women
majority of rural poor - white
middle class white people
pros
improved workplace
easier for women
entitled to paid sick leave
health insurance
cons
poorly paid service sector jobs
women expected to be homemakers
some women felt trapped into working
stuck in low paid office and shop work
teenagers
pros
greater spending power
new freedoms
role models such as evis
better education
low cost federal lones
greater number of people going into higher education
cons
conformist society
increased generation gap
minorities
pros
some found better paid factory work after they left the south
cons
majority of poverty rate
slums
shortage of social housing
scarce work oppertunities
first to lose factory jobs
trade union opposition
those stuck in reservations in Jim Crow south or in California as cheap Mexican slaves had few opportunities to escape poverty trap