Zusammenfassung der Ressource
BEVERIDGE AND WOMEN
- REGARDED AS BEING ANTI FEMINIST
- security
for women wld
come via
marriage and
dependants
benefits.
Beveridge felt
these shld be
shared
equally. No
legal
intervention
making this
happen
- Welfare state built on
premice that men and
women would get
married and stay
married, with women
being SAHM
- If marriage ends
women are unable
to recieve benefits
if haven't
contributed to N.I
- Social changes following Beveridge saw increased
divorce rates, increase in single parents. They could
only recieve the means tested Nat Ass.
- women had to
give up paid
work taken on
during the war
years for men
coming home
from war. Often
this work was
enjoyed
- Assumed in peace time
they would revert to
traditional roles
- Idea that womens work
was unpaid was implicit
and they were often
carers for family
members. Unpaid wrk
meant no contributions
which inturn meant no
social insurance
- Failed to allow for
changing role of women in
society which gained
momentum in 60's & 70's