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Religion and Social Groups: Gender - Coggle Diagram
Religion and Social Groups: Gender
Davie
More women than men say they have a religion
Women express a greater interest in religion
More women describe themselves as ‘spiritual’
All religions in UK have more female practitioners (except Sikhs)
Less women would describe themselves as atheists or agnostic
Most churchgoers are female
Reasons
Roles - women are more likely to work part time they have more time to ‘fit religion in’
Davie
- Also more likely to work with the young and the elderly (birth and death) which starts them asking the ultimate question about the meaning of life.
Risk - Men = more likely to take the risk that religion is wrong. Women = don't want to risk it
Socialization - Women are socialized to be passive, obedient and caring. Qualities that are valued by most religions.
Women - More likely to be in NAM's, more likely to be compensators + join Sects.
Patriarchal Religions have more women
Women are more likely to believe in God, Sin, Evil, The Devil, Life after death
Bruce
religion - pushed out of the workplace (men) and into the homes (women) making women more religious
Women - less goal-orientated, more cooperative and less domineering (traits of femininity). These attributes fit well with religion and spirituality.
World falls between the:
Public sphere (paid work and politics)
Private sphere (home, family + personal life)
Secularization is occurring, but also we are retreating from the public into the private sphere. Women are more involved in the private sphere than men, they can remain within religion through the private domain (especially New Age Movements / Cults)
WC Women - continue to support religions which believe in an all powerful God and in which they are quite passive.
MC women - more experience of controlling their lives and are more attracted to New Age groups in which individuals can develop their own spirituality.
Brown -
women withdrew from religion in the 1960’s due to more women taking on masculine roles in the public sphere.