Chapter 11: Sex and Gender Objectives: Define Feminism Provide examples of gender inequality in education, the workplace and everyday life Explain how violence against women continues to be a significant social problem today and give examples

How Females became a Minority Group Minority Group: a group that is discriminated against on the basis of its members’ physical or cultural characteristics gender is the primary division between people with every society setting up barriers that ensure unequal access to power, property, and prestige on the basis of sex

Origins of Patriarchy Men dominated society because: --women were able to bear children, so this took up a lot of their time/energy  women working/being responsible for domestic activities most of their lives --men were less “tied down” so they could hunt, travel, trade, engage in battle increased their prestige in society --others claim that men dominate society because of their superior strength

Gender inequality in the United States Feminism: the philosophy that men and women should be politically, economically, and socially equal  1st wave: finally got right to vote in 1920 2nd wave: more women in workforce/ changing roles of women in 1960s Women in US enjoy more rights than ever before, but many forms of gender inequality, in education, the workplace, and politics, continue to persist

Inequality in Education There are now more women than men in college More women are seeking professional degrees (ie: medicine, law, dentistry) Still major discrepancy in certain areas (ie: doctorates in science) See Graphs/Tables306-308

Inequality in Everyday Life/workplace Words associated with femininity are used as insults (ie: “you throw like a girl”, “wearing a skirt”) The Pay Gap women who work full time average only 65% of what men are paid average women who graduates from college makes about the same as a man who drops out of college. See chart pg. 311-312

Inequality in workplace cont… Glass Ceiling: the mostly invisible barrier that keeps women from advancing to the top levels at work Glass Escalator: the mostly invisible accelerators that push men into higher-level positions. More desirable work assignments and higher salaries Sexual Harassment: the abuse of one’s position of authority to force unwanted sexual demands on someone

Gender and Violence Quick Research… Each group will pick an example of violence against females and take a few minutes to research their topic. In the last 10 minutes of class, each group will give a brief description of their form of violence to the class. Possible Topics: Foot Binding Suttee/Sati Rape/Date Rape Forced Prostitution/Human Trafficking Female Circumcision/Female Genital Cutting (FGC) Acid Throwing