Citizenship, diversity and
the public services
sexism, disability, homophobia and harrassment
Sexism- this is a prejudice, stereotypical, or discrimination, usually against women but is based on the sex of the person.
This happens in tradition by the men going to work and the women having to stay at home and only do chores and look after the children.This could be because it was what they were used to or because the man didnt want to feel less dominant by not being the only income and the main family suporter.In our society this doesnt happen as much now adays. steriotypically, the women are targeted of sexism but men can also be affected by this. An example would be a women not being able to do a job because they arent as strong or able as a man. In a working environment like the army, not as many women as men are in the higher areas of charge, this can be seen as sexism.
Disability-a physical or mental condition that limits a person's senses, their movement or activity
A disability can be major or minor, physical or mental all which can prevent a person from being as able as thy would be without it.
Disability can come with ages such as mobility problems and demensia, some peple are born with a disability and will have to live with it for there whole lives but in some cases learn to live with it or even work around it. Unortuneatly it can sometimes shortern the life of a person because the disability is too much. In other cases some people develop a handicap. An example of this would be Multiple clerosis. In many case, if someone has a disability it can make them vunerable causing a person to be taken advantage of or abused. Another disadvantage would be the loss indipendance because they can no longer either want to do anything or no longer able because thee disability get in the way. A way indipendancce can b promoted would be through the use of technology such as wheelchairs or prosthetic legs and arms.
Homophobia- The dislike of or prejudice against homosexual people.
Someone who is homophobic is a person who doesnt agree with same sex relationships or likes/sexual preference. Again with tradition it can be seems as wrong and many of the older generation do not agree with it because it wasnt as excepted when they were yonger.Many people arent comfortable with it and so they try to avoid it or dont agree with it. In some religions same sex marrages arent allowed to be held in churches because the churches do not recognise same sex marrages. Because of the waysome people feel towards homosexuality, homosexuals are vunerable to abuse in verbally and physically.
Harrassment- aggression pressure or intimidation towards a person from another individual or group.
This can be displayed through unwanted attention, it could be in a over affectionate way or in a spiteful way. Many people who are harrassed are then too scared to report it because threats are often made to make the victim. Protection from Harassment Act 1997
ethnicity, religion, gender, age and disability within Leicestershire and England
Leicester and uk
Religions-Religion is usually refered to as a philosophical belief generallyaffecting your life and the choices you make. In the 2011 Census for England and Wales, 59.3% of the population which was 33.2 million people were identified as Christian. Muslims created the second largest religious group with 2.7 million people making up 4.8% A quarter of the population,14.1 million people reported they were athiests.
The Other main religious groups identified were: Hindu at 1.5% of population; Sikh with 0.8%, Jewish at 0.5% and Buddhist at 0.4%. Between the 2001 census and the 2011 cencus there was a drop in the percentage of people who catagoriesed as Christian,from 71.7% to 59.3% and an increase inathiests from 14.8% to 25.1%. Despite this, there was an increases in the other religious categories, the number of Muslims increased the most from 3.0% to 4.8%).
The religious make up of Leicester is 32.4% Christian, 22.5% No religion, 18.6% Muslim, 15.2% Hindu, 4.4% Sikh, 0.4% Buddhist, 0.1% Jewish, 0.1% Agnostic.
18,345 people did not state a religion.
Ethncity- Ethnicity- according to the national census figures of 2011 the uk is a lot more diverse than it was 5-10 years ago. In London only 45% of the people describing themselves as white British making it the most diverse place. With over a third of the people living there coming from outside of the UK.The same again in Leicester, only 45% of people were saying they were white British, 53% from Birmingham and a larger amount of 59% in Manchester stating they were of that description.A rapid increase in population due to migration has happened over the last 10 years or more with over 75% more foreign born since 2001.
65.0% of people living in Leicester were born in England. Other top answers for country of birth were 11.3% India, 2.2% Kenya, 1.1% Pakistan, 1.0% Zimbabwe, 1.0% Somalia, 0.7% China, 0.7% Scotland, 0.6% Ireland, 0.5% Bangladesh.
Gender-On the census 2011 the population of the United Kingdom was on adverage to be 63.2 million people.There were 31 million men and 32.2 million women in the UK. From 2001 to 2011 the country increased its population by a vast amount of nearly 7% at 4.1 million.
In 2011 a census was done of the population of Leicester was 329,839 and was made up of approximately 49%of males and 51% females.
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Age- In the uk, the ages vary castly but in 2014 the most ppulated catagory was the middle ages of 25-54.
Age structure: 0-14 years: 17.3% (male 5,660,891/female 5,380,448)
15-24 years: 12.6% (male 4,116,859/female 3,945,146)
25-54 years: 41% (male 13,299,731/female 12,843,937)
55-64 years: 11.5% (male 3,621,110/female 3,702,717)
65 years and over: 17.5% (male 4,990,024/female 6,182,114)
the age structure of an area affects the issues and areas they need to accommodate for. For example, places that have a large young populationwould need to focus more on schools and nurseries. On the other hand, if the population are older health care would be more needed.
The average age of people in Leicester is 3 but the median is lower at the age of 31.
Disability-
it is said that 2 in 5 people in the UK directly and many more indirectly affected.Concerning the attittude towards disabilities the disability rights movement has come along way and has improved on the treatment of people with disabilities, access to building for the physically disabled, transport and employment.
It is recognised as a disability if
they have a physical or mental handicap
the person has a long term adverse effect on their ability to perform normal day to day activities.
