CHAPTER 11 Gender, Age, and Health Sociology 4/8/2017 CHAPTER 11 Gender, Age, and Health Section 1: Gender Section 2: Age and Disability Section 3: Health Chapter 11

Objectives: Section 1: Gender Analyze how gender roles affect the opportunities available to men and women in society. Explain how gender roles are affected by socialization.

Gender Roles and Opportunities Section 1: Gender Gender Roles and Opportunities Education – still gender distinctions in degree majors, fewer women pursuing doctoral or professional degrees, and less funding for women’s college athletics Employment – still a wage gap and a glass ceiling for women Politics – underrepresented in politics

Gender Roles and Socialization Section 1: Gender Gender Roles and Socialization In virtually all societies, gender socialization begins at birth and continues throughout life Children learn American gender-role behaviors through socialization such as in the family or at school

Objectives: Section 2: Age and Disability Discuss the effect that the aging of the population is having on society. Explain how the aging of the population is affecting the life chances of older Americans.

The Aging World Section 2: Age and Disability Economic Effects – rising cost of health care, cost of Social Security; burden to family and younger workers; living longer in retirement Political Effects – becoming a stronger political force; organized voting bloc, focusing on health care, retirement, and Social Security

Aging and Life Changes of Older Americans Section 2: Age and Disability Aging and Life Changes of Older Americans Some people claim that government transfer payments like Social Security have made older Americans financially secure at the expense of younger generations Older Americans have to deal with poverty, disabilities, prejudice, and discrimination Older Americans have become a political force and a topic of debate thus bringing greater attention to Social Security and Medicare

Objectives: Section 3: Health Describe the state of health care in the United States. Identify some of the special health-care concerns of various segments of American society.

Health Care in the U.S. Section 3: Health Focuses on Two Main Issues: Cost of Health Care – concern over the rapid rise in health care costs Quality of Health Care – some believe that managed care has decreased the quality of health care Access to Health Care – distribution of physicians, both geographically and within the medical profession, has limited accessibility to health care

Health Care Concerns Today Section 3: Health Health Care Concerns Today Health Insurance – unequal health care exists between public and private insurance programs Alternative Medicine – is a concern because there are few scientific studies on the effectiveness of alternative treatments AIDS – has developed into one of the most serious public-health problems in the U.S. and around the world in just two decades