Soci10003 Inequalities Future Challenges Assessment Answer

Discuss how inequalities between men and women have changed overtimeand what gender inequalitiesrequire attention:a.drawupon Holmes chapter in week one, and egalitarian ideals which were explored through both egalitarian feminism and postcolonial or ‘difference feminism’ (W6) and the concept of the ‘stalled revolution’ (W7), andb. investigate one or two (only) current challenges to gender inequality between women and men.This could beto discuss thepersistence of unequal pay. Orstudents could discuss the gender inequality as this relates tothe ‘stalled revolution’,which shows the contemporary existence of gender normsat work in the time of COVID-19 where within heterosexual relations, women and men are working from home and educating children(W7s exampleand do additional academic research on this), or the sexism within some industries or workplaces highlighted by #Metoo, as a problem within Global North more generally. Students can take one or two of theaboveexamples or will choose their own one or two relevantexamples to discuss 1.above.2.Explore howsocialinequalities manifest in some societieswhich produce some‘lives as worth living and othersas unliveable’(see Butler, 2016W8, also 2004). This essay topic can relate to how some groups of people can still be constructed as lesser: sexualexpressionswhich do not adhere to heterosexuality,lesbian, gay, bisexual trans, intersexand queer plus (LGBTIQ+) (W8), racialised peoples (Du Bois, W2)who become incarcerated on mass, Waquant (W4)(W10, and W11),and lower socio economic groups (Bauman(W3), Sassen (W4). Taking the intersection of two central elements, such as racialisation processes and sexuality, explore 2.3.Take any twoor three (only)weeksrequired and recommended readings (where relevant) tocritically investigate how social inequalitiesare upheld insociety. Student canexamine how health inequalities relate to racialisation processesand gender,for example(see for instance, Ws6, 7, 8 and 9 and Ws10, 11, W12 and Du Bois W2). Orhow understandings of ethnicity (Carter W1, Ang and Hage W11) and ‘race’ (Walter W11, and W10and W12) have operated in some countries through social inclusion and exclusion, as this can manifest

through, for instance work, education and what gets taught or is overlooked, or a set of inequalities