EVALUATION

• Gender -> funct eval

  • Olsen + Walby = males have more human capital than females -> they have lower pay
  • justifies gender bias -> claiming it protects social solidarity
• Gender -> Marx eval

  • outdated
  • economic determinism -> over-emphasis on class struggle; ignores other contributing factors
• Gender -> Weber eval

  • too simplistic; doesn't say why people are in different markets
  • Pomo = outdated; no longer concensus on high & low status - Norms & Values no longer fixed -> more fluid
• Gender -> New Right eval

  • ignores negatives of family
  • Pomo = outdated -> people more fluid/ more choice don't follow traditional routes (eg. nuclear family)
• Gender -> Intersectionality eval

  • over complicates issues
  • could lead to fragmentation & division of groups -> complex
• Gender -> Marxist fem eval

  • economic determinism -> over emphasis on class
  • neglects intersectionality
• Gender -> Radical fem eval

  • ignores progress made by women
  • Walby = treat inequality as universal -> ignores individual aspects such as ethnicity, class etc
• Gender -> Black fem eval

  • Brewer = over emphasis on race -> neglects other factors
  • Connell = overemphasis on importance of colonialism -> ignores complexities beyond gender
• Gender ->Liberal fem eval

  • changing the laws isn't enough
  • Marxist & Radical Fems = LF don't acknowledge true cause of inequality (society + oppression)
• Gender -> Preference Theory eval

  • exaggerates women's degree of choice
  • Marxists = women don't have choice -> oppressed by capitalism