Working class female workers had low social, economic and cultural capital. They lacked positive working class identities and faced inequalities. Men had strong w.c. identities, expressed through manual labour jobs & millers focal concerns because of the patriarchy
Bruegel
Ruling class and capitalism benefits from the reserved army of labour of women to keep wages down and profits up. Women are now socialised to comply and submit, forming a docile labour force that can be exploited
Abott
criticises goldthorpes study of social mobility for ignoring women. She argues that there is a need to study women as their experiences of work are different to mens. Women have lower rates of absolute mobility, so they have a lesser chance of reaching tob jobs. This boosts mens chance of upward mobility
Arber et al
Surrey scale, created as an alternative to existing classification which is patriarchal. In the surrey scale, women are classified on the basis of their own occupation, whereas other scales classify married women by their husbands occupation