Thinker

Ann Oakley

Ann Oakley is central to 11 previous-year questions, spanning 2011 to 2025 across Paper I and Paper II. Everything below is drawn from the official papers — the questions themselves, the concepts they test, and where they sit in the syllabus.

11Questions
201125Years tested
I & IIPaper
4Syllabus topics

Concepts asked alongside Ann Oakley

What the examiner actually wants you to know when this name appears.

patriarchy 9sexual division of labour 7gender socialisation 4dual burden 2gendered division of labour 2public and private spheres 2sex-gender distinction 2social construction of gender 2consciousness raisingcritique of positivismemotion workemotional labourfeminisation of povertyfeminisation of workgender as a social constructgender ideologyintersectionalitymasculinity

Where Ann Oakley appears in the syllabus

  • 9. Systems of Kinship8
  • 3. Research Methods and Analysis1
  • 5. Stratification and Mobility1
  • Systems of Kinship in India1

Every question on Ann Oakley

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