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SOCIAL INEQUALITY THEORIES - Coggle Diagram

- - - - LIFE CHANCES- HEALTH
        Life chances are affected by health
        People living in the most deprived 10% of areas, spend nearly 20 fewer years in good heath than those living in the wealthiest 10% (Public Health England)
        There is a higher concentration of deprived areas in the north, creating a North-south divide in health inequalities
        The trend for health and life expectancy to improve with the wealth of your neighbourhood- 'Marmot Curve'
- - - - PARSONS
        Children need to be socialised into appropriate gender roles, those roles need to be stabilised by adult socialisation
        Fathers are the instrumental role leaders, mothers are the expressive role leaders in the family
        Fathers teach discipline to be successful in the world, and mothers teach emotional skills to form relationships
        Daughters naturally imitate their mothers, and sons their fathers
        Lead to a division of labour, males as breadwinners and females as homemakers
        Ansley- gender roles are not different but equal, but rather different and unequal
    - - CRITICISMS - TUMIN
        Its not possible to determine the functional importance for most jobs
        Unskilled workmen in a factor are as important to the factory as the skilled engineers in the factory
        It is not clear that the highest paid people have rare talents
        People may have the same talents but not get chance to show it in a high paid job
        There are other motivations besides money, such as desire to benefit society
        David and Moores theory leads to a divided society
- - - - CRITICISMS
        
        Ignores the possibility of racial discrimination- locks immigrants out of high wage, high status jobs and institutional racism
    - - CRITICISMS
        
        Criticised for 'blaming the victim'
        
        Ignores the damaging influence of racism and the structural causes of poverty
        
        Giddens- poor access to education means people from ethnic minorities are often under skilled and underqualified
- - - - RADICAL FEMINIST STRENGTHS
        
        Recognises the deep seated nature of patriarchal power
        
        Emphasis on how the importance getting rid of patriarchal power will achieve equality for women
      - RADICAL FEMINIST CRITICISMS
        
        Too focused on gender, neglects other forms of oppression and social inequality
        
        The view of all men as oppressors is broad and not reflective of coplexiitiesof gender relations
    - - MARXIST FEMINSIM STRENGTHS
        
        Focuses on the intersection of economic and gender oppression
        
        Emphasises the importance of structural change to address social inequality
      - MARXIST FEMINIST CRITICISMS
        
        Neglects other forms of oppression like race
        
        Assumes class is the most important factor of womens oppression
        
        Overlooks the agency of women in their own liberation