Science & industry

-In science and technology, the Victorians invented the modern idea of invention -- the notion that one can create solutions to problems, that man can create new means of bettering himself and his environment.

-Skilled workers (carpenters, typesetters,etc.) £75-100

-Increase in factories. An massive amount of people disapeared (worked) in the factories, because of the technology (steam), and the beginning of industrialism.

-Men and Women (sex roles in the Victorian age)
- In the middle class and upper class, women were supposed to have no sexual contact before they were married.
- Even when a woman was married, she had no independent legal status.

- Women had no right to any money (earned, inherited, etc.)

- Women could not make a will or buy property and they had no claim to their children, she had to move with him wherever he went.
- If the husband died, he could name the mother as the guardian, but he did not have to do so.
- So women did not have any rights, and the men was absolutely over the women – (patriarchal society)
- Middle- and upper-class men, could even buy sex before and after they were married.
- But homosexuality was not legal, and was therefore punishable by death.

SOCIAL CLASS
Working class - men and women who performed physical labor, and paid daily or weekly wages.
Middle class - men who performed mental or "clean" work, and paid monthly or annually.
Upper class - did not work, and their income came from inherited land and investments.
Typical Incomes (annual)
Aristocrats - £30,000
Merchants, bankers - £10,000
Middle-class (doctors, lawyers, clerks)- £300-800
Lower middle-class (head teachers, journalists, shopkeepers, etc.) - £150-300
Skilled workers (carpenters, typesetters,etc.) - £75-100
Sailors and domestic staff - £40-75
Laborers, soldiers - £25