[SOCY 389] - Final Exam Guide - Ultimate 50 pages long Study Guide!

• School: Queen's University
• Department: Social Sci, Edu and Soc Work - Sociology
• Course: SOCY 389
• Professor: Fiona Kay

Document Summary

Although the women"s movement brought rights in labour and education it might have also brought a shady side for example in crime. They believe that women are catching up with crime after the women"s movement. Believed that opportunity gave rise to crime in women ~ expansion of occupation opportunity. It"s not about change but about opportunities rising as women enter the occupations. Women are under stress to make money, which leads to crime such as fraud. Agrees that the financial aspect gives rise to crime. She believes that gender role expectations are breaking down women are becoming more like men ~ convergence hypothesis. She sees the convergence of social roles. Women"s post-secondary education increased, fertility decreased, labour increased but didn"t find overwhelming support on high-level crimes, but did find an increase in low-level crime, such as theft, shoplifting, low- level fraud.