Tag: Gender roles

The Stigma Behind Mental Health in the British Army

By: Lauren Davies, BA Sociology student This blogpost has been written following Lauren’s experience on our Level 6 Professional Experience module, working alongside Dr Natalie Jester on a project that explores the representation of gender in British Army…

“Thank you for the flowers, but I demand respect” (Kommersant, 2019): Why we still need International Women’s Day

By: Dr Louise Livesey, Senior Lecturer in Criminology There are a few ‘international days’ which I hold dear. But I am passionate about International Women’s Day (8th March)[1] alongside its end-of-year cousin, the UN Day for the Elimination…

The Return of the Dual Burden – Home-schooling during Covid-19

By: Charlotte Dicks, BSc Criminology and Sociology student In understanding why women are mostly being left responsible for home schooling children during COVID-19 lockdowns, it can be useful to look at Hochschild’s theory of the dual burden. According…