Eduqas GCSE Sociology · C200
Component 1, Component 2
Revise: Gender FactorsA crisis of masculinity is the argument that traditional male identities have become less secure. One such identity is the breadwinner: the man who provides the household’s main income. The decline of manufacturing and other traditional manual employment has weakened a familiar route into this role for some working-class boys.
- Revise: Gender Influences
Uncertainty or anxiety experienced by some men about their identity and role as traditional expectations of men are challenged by social and economic change.