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Gender Stratification
How does it effect you?
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© Robert J. Atkins, Ph.D.
You have both sex and gender,
what is the difference?
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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How does your gender effect you?
Gender shapes your feelings, thoughts, and
actions
Gender roles = attitudes and activities
society links to people of each sex
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Why are women a minority?
Considered minority due to social
disadvantage
» Less income, education, power and
wealth than men
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How have women challenged
male domination?
Women now own more than 10
million entrepreneurial
businesses
Athletic performance
» Women have been closing the
gap with men in most athletic
events.
In general, women are gaining
more opportunities and power.
Clinton
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What gave women equality?
Industrialization encourages gender equality
Working outside the home
» Vast majority of women with children 617 yrs old
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Do you remember?
What is the difference between sex and
gender?
How does socialization effect gender?
Why are women a minority?
How have women challenged male
domination?
What gave women equality?
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What is comparable worth?
People should be paid according to the level
of skill and responsibility involved in the
work.
» If these are comparable (for both women
and men) they should be paid comparably
Major difference in earnings between men
and women is mostly due to the type of
work each sex does.
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What is the glass ceiling?
Prevents women from rising beyond middlemanagement
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Where and why are women
targeted for 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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What is female genital
mutilation?
Primarily in Africa
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Do you remember?
What is comparable worth?
What is the glass ceiling?
Where and why are women targeted for
violence?
What is female genital mutilation?
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