Transcript 13_Gender Stratification

Gender Stratification
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Sex VS gender
Sex is biology
 Gender is cultural
» Personal traits and social positions that
members of a society attach to being
female and male
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Socialization and gender
Gender shapes our feelings, thoughts, and
actions
 Gender roles = attitudes and activities
society links to people of each sex
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Women as a minority
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Considered minority due to social
disadvantage
» Less income, education, power and
wealth than men
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Challenges to male domination
Women now own more than 6 million small
businesses
 Athletic performance
» Women have been closing the gap with
men in most athletic events.
 In general, women are gaining more
opportunities and power.
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Women and work
Industrialization encourages gender equality
 Working outside the home
» Vast majority of women with children 617 yrs old
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Comparable worth
A woman who performs a job comparable to
a man’s should be paid the same.
 Much women’s work is worth more pay
than it has received (“Worth” is a value
judgment)
 Major difference in earnings between men
and women is mostly due to the type of
work each sex does.
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Glass ceiling
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Prevents women from rising beyond middlemanagement
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Women and violence
Physical violence
» Most likely in your own home
 Sexual violence
» Fundamentally about power
 In 90% of rape cases a woman knows her
attacker
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Female genital mutilation
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Primarily in Africa
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