GENDER INEQUALITIES

WORK AND EMPLOYMENT- FEMALE HEALTH POVERTY

- Gender pay gap is 19% - Females live 4 years longer in - One quarter of women will live
according to the Fawcett Society the UK below the poverty line in
2014 - Males are 3 times more likely to retirement, twice more than
- Women make up 20% of FTSE commit suicide men
100 directors - 80% of alcoholics are men - Women make up 70% of the
- 70% of minimum wage workers world’s poor
are women
- Cuts to welfare
disproportionately affect
women
-
HORIZONTAL SEGREGATION
- Different sectors of the
economy are dominated by
either male or female workers.
For example, healthcare by
women and trades by men.

- Possible evidence of gender role

socialisation
VERTICAL SEGREGATION
- Within occupational groups,
women tend to be concentrated
at the lower levels. (McDowell
study 1992)

WORK AND EMPLOYMENT- MALE FAMILY LIFE EDUCATION

- Men work 5 more hours each
week
- The most dangerous and least
secure jobs are usually the
domain of men
- 95% of people killed at work are
men
- - White working-class males are
- Males less likely to be able to
work flexibly
- UK fathers work the longest
hours in Europe
- 40% of fathers work more than
48 hours
- Boys are twice as likely to be
diagnosed with special
educational needs
- Boys 4x more likely to be
excluded from school
- Average 10% higher pass rate
for girls at GCSE
highest underachievers at
school