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Asses the ways in which class and gender were intimately linked in the formation of the middle class?
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Word count = 993 Asses the ways in which class and gender were intimately linked in the formation of the middle class? Class and gender were closely linked in the formation of the middle class. The distinctions between the private and public spheres were integral to middle class identity in its inception at the end of the 18th century. The gender roles which this distinction played out make the formation of the middle class and gender central to the development of a middle class. Defining the middle class is essential to this debate. As if we define class is terms of wealth and status alone then class formation and gender relations are unrelated. Where as if we concede that although wealth has a role to play class is much more and that cultural factors can too play a role. Then gender relations can be seen as playing a far more central role...
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