Gender and Beliefs
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- Gender and Beliefs
- Women
- Women tend to be more religious
- Figures
- 1979 - 45% of males and 55% of females were religious
- 1989 - 42% of males and 58% of females were religious
- 2005 - 43% of males and 57% of females were religious
- Are These Figures Reliable?
- Women
- Women tend to be more religious
- Figures
- 1979 - 45% of males and 55% of females were religious
- 1989 - 42% of males and 58% of females were religious
- 2005 - 43% of males and 57% of females were religious
- Are These Figures Reliable?
- Brierly (2005)
- 84% of women believed in God, compared to 64% of men
- Modood (1997)
- Women were more likely to believe religion was important to them than men, but men were more likely to attend Mosques
- Brierly (2005)
- Why are women more likely to be religious?
- Alan Miller and John Hoffman (1995)
- Differential Socialization - women are taught to be more submissive and passive than men
- These characteristics are associated with being more religious
- Structural Location - women take part in religion due to social roles, men full time breadwinners (instrumental role), women housewives, work part-time, raise children
- 'Mother role' - primary carers
- Risk - women tend to be risk averse, men tend to be risk takers
- Not going Church risky as could lead to failure to enter heaven
- Differential Socialization - women are taught to be more submissive and passive than men
- Steve Bruce (1996)
- Women tend to be less goal orientated, more co-operative and less domineering
- These attributes fit well with religion and spirituality
- Agrees secularization is occurring, but also we are retreating from the public sphere into the private sphere
- Women more involved in private sphere than men
- 1. W/C women tend to continue to support religions which believe in an all-powerful God in which they are quite passive
- 2. M/C women have more experience of controlling their lives and are more attracted to New Age groups - in which individuals can develop their own spirituality
- Women tend to be less goal orientated, more co-operative and less domineering
- Alan Miller and John Hoffman (1995)
- Brierly (2005)
- 84% of women believed in God, compared to 64% of men
- Modood (1997)
- Women were more likely to believe religion was important to them than men, but men were more likely to attend Mosques
- Women
- Why are women more likely to be religious?
- Alan Miller and John Hoffman (1995)
- Differential Socialization - women are taught to be more submissive and passive than men
- These characteristics are associated with being more religious
- Structural Location - women take part in religion due to social roles, men full time breadwinners (instrumental role), women housewives, work part-time, raise children
- 'Mother role' - primary carers
- Risk - women tend to be risk averse, men tend to be risk takers
- Not going Church risky as could lead to failure to enter heaven
- Differential Socialization - women are taught to be more submissive and passive than men
- Steve Bruce (1996)
- Women tend to be less goal orientated, more co-operative and less domineering
- These attributes fit well with religion and spirituality
- Agrees secularization is occurring, but also we are retreating from the public sphere into the private sphere
- Women more involved in private sphere than men
- 1. W/C women tend to continue to support religions which believe in an all-powerful God in which they are quite passive
- 2. M/C women have more experience of controlling their lives and are more attracted to New Age groups - in which individuals can develop their own spirituality
- Women tend to be less goal orientated, more co-operative and less domineering
- Alan Miller and John Hoffman (1995)
- Participation from Home
- Women largely participate in their religion through home activities
- E.g. Hinduism - females are responsible for looking after the family shrine
- E.g. Judaism - mother introduces children to rituals of the Sabbath (socialization)
- E.g. Christianity - jobs such as flower arranging, running Sunday schools, working in Church offices
- Women largely participate in their religion through home activities
- Reasons for Women's Higher Religiosity - Knott (1994)
- Why do women represent over half of active Church membership?
- Practical Reasons
- More time to attend Church
- Responsibility to take their children Church
- Biological Reasons
- Giving birth is a spiritual experience
- (Creation of new life)
- Giving birth is a spiritual experience
- Practical Reasons
- Why do women represent over half of active Church membership?
- Women
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