Changing Attitudes Men & Women In the UK

Advertisements in the 1950s

Click on image and watch the clip

Complete this spider diagram in your book using the

ideas you get from the clip

What do the following numbers represent?

1. 26% 2. 223. 134. 4

Average pay gap between men and women in terms of hourly pay.

Average minutes men spend caring for children.

Average time men spend cleaning.

Average time men spend laundry.

Gender Equality

Term 5: Religion & Community Cohesion1. How & Why Attitudes To The Roles Of

Men & Women Have

Changed In the UK

2. Different Christian

Attitudes to Equal Rights

For Women In Religion

3. The UK As A Multi-Ethnic

Society

4. Assessment 5. Government Action To Promote

Community Cohesion In the UK

6. Why Christians

Should Help To Promote

Racial Harmony

Complete Religion & Community Cohesion

3 & Begin Religion: Rights &

Responsibilities

Half Term Holiday

Assessment Feedback

Changing Attitudes to Men and Women• D Describe how the roles of men and women have changed• C/B Explain why the roles of men and women have changed• A/A*Evaluate these changes

Match the correct meaning and definitionFeminism Discriminating against people because of their

genderSexism Treating people less favourably because of their

ethnicity/gender/colour/classEquality Believing some people are inferior or superior

without even knowing themDiscrimination FairnessPrejudice An attempt made to address sexism against women

Working with the person beside you, look at the tasks on your cards.

For each task discuss and decide:

•If you would prefer a woman to carry out the task

•If you would prefer a man to carry out the task

•If the task is gender-neutral

Make sure that you are able to justify and defend your point of view!

Cook a meal

Cook a

barbeque

Be a

single parent

Take a penalty in an

important football match

Change a car

wheel

Run an army

assault course

Choose your

clothes

Listen to your problems

(d) ‘Men and women

should have equal roles in

life.’

The next two slides prepare you for two types of answers:

1.Questions which ask you present or outline facts2.Questions which ask you to explain why something is the case.

Outline the growth of women’s rights

What and when do you think the next

development in women’s rights will be?

Page 102 of the text

book

1850 1882 1892 1918 1928 1970 1975

Explain why attitudes to women have changed

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During the World Wars women had

to take on jobs previously done

by men

Development of equal rights for women in other countries e.g. New Zealand

Success of women in the work place

e.g. improving health care

Add symbolThe work of the

suffragettes in campaigning for

the right for women to vote

More workers were needed in the

50s and 60s and families wanted a

second income

UN Declaration of Human Rights

and the development of

the feminist movement

Complete this table in your books

Extension questions:

1. What are the positives of the changes?2. Why might there be negative effects of the changes? 3. Why have some people argued that the changes have not

gone far enough? 4. What do you predict will change in the future?

How the roles of men and women have changed?

Why have the roles of men and women have changed?

What are the pros and cons of the these changes?

Plenary: Six short paragraphs to answer …

(d) ‘Men and women should have equal

roles in life.’

7 Minutes

In groups of 4:

Act out or write the script for two scenes from your favourite TV Programme:

Scene 1: showing the attitudes to women over 50 years ago

Scene 2: showing attitudes to women today