Key Sociologists - Social Stratification

• What are the 3 key ideas of Murray's work?

  1. Individuals respond to incentives and disincentives - the carrot and the stick
  2. People aren't inherently hardworking and moral - need a reason to work hard and behave well.
  3. People must be held responsible for their actions
• What 6 points did Walby identify as oppressive of women?

  1. The Household - liberation from marriage can mean women moved into poverty
  2. Paid work - differences between pay and conditions in the workplace
  3. The state - lack of support from the government for women heading single-parent families
  4. Male violence - the state doesn't intervene quickly enough to support women suffering male violence
  5. Sexuality - heterosexual women feel pressured to marry and have children
  6. Cultural institution - the media continues to show women as glamorous wives or mothers, men position of power