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CONSEQUENCES OF INEQUALITY - Coggle Diagram
CONSEQUENCES OF INEQUALITY
Domestic abuse
Domestic abuse = any incident or series of incidents of physical, psychological or sexual abuse by a current or previous partner
The Triple Shift
The Triple Shift refers to the feminist idea that women have to take on not only paid work outside the home, but also the majority of the domestic labour + emotional support of the family
Statistics
1
incident of domestic violence is reported to the police every
minute
On average,
2
women a week are killed by a current or formal male partner
In
2015
,
8.8%
of men and
20.1%
of women said they have experienced non sexual abuse since the age of 16
For every
3
victims of domestic violence,
2
will be women and
1
will be male
Nearly
1 in 4
women have been assaulted by a partner at some time in their life, and
1
in 8 repeatedly so
Yearshire
found that on average a woman suffers
35
assaults before making a report
Views on the cause of DV
Radical Feminism - Dobash + Dobash
- DV is evidence of patriarchy + caused by challenged to male authority
In recent years, this can be linked to a crisis of masculinity where men are unsure of their place in society
New Right - Murray
- DV only occurs in the dysfunctional family - these families include those with teen parents, cohabitation and divorce over stable marriage
There are higher rates of DV in lower class duet to a low moral standard
Postmodernist - Giddens
- DV is caused by the emotional intensity + family life
The nature of family life makes DV quite common as family life is characterised by emotional intensity + personal intimacy
Increasing isolation of nuclear family, increases intensity + escalations to violence - lack of people to vent to
Marxist Feminist - Wilkinson + Pickett
- DV is the result of stress on family members caused by social inequality
Having less resources then others can lead to stress + violence out of frustration
Lack of time + money can reduce the social circle + people for support
Ansley
- Women are takers of shit, men are frustrated by the oppression they feel at work + take this out on their wives
Impact of family life on career + Job prospects
Fear that a woman might become pregnant can limit promotion prospects
Women are seen as unreliable workers as they are more likely to take time off if a child is unwell
Women are seen as less committed to their careers after they have children compared to men, due to their roles at home
Impact of Triple Shift on women
Green (1996)
- Women tend to see their free/leisure time as time when they are away from both work + family commitments
Men consider any time away from paid work as free time
Bernard (1982)
- found that men were more satisfied with their marriage than their wives, who expressed feelings of emotional loneliness
Oakley (1974)
- found that women felt similar feelings of boredom + depression as those felt by line workers in factories
Issues with statistics of DV
Cheal
- found that state agencies such as police are reluctant to get involved in the family because they assume that the family is private, good + individuals are free to leave if they wish
Victims don't report the abuse to police due to fear of not being believed + that they themselves will get the blame + fear of retaliation
This could be due to emotional/psychological abuse being difficult to prove
Dar
- Can be difficult to separate out incidents as it can be continuous or so often the victim can't accurately recall