9.1: Gender and Power Distance in Spanish Speaking Cultures Unit 9: Gender Relations

Essential Questions How does power distance as a cultural dimension affect gender relations in Latin American cultures? How are women advancing in the workplace in Latin America?

Activating Gender Relations and Work in Uruguay Video Gender Relations and Work in Uruguay Worksheet What are the similarities in the US and Uruguay in regard to gender equality or inequalities?

Connecting Power Distance and Gender Inequalities Activity What is the cultural dimension of power distance? Cultural Dimension: Low vs. High power distance What are the factors that define a person’s status in high power distance culture? In high power distance cultures, how would you rank these factors differently?

Connecting Power Distance, Gender Gap, and Income Investigation The purpose of this activity is to investigate the possibility that there is a correlation between two of three variables: power distance, gender gap, and income level. Power Distance Indexes, Gender Gap and Income Factors Activity Sheet Create a spreadsheet to complete the information Note: you do not need to complete the topic, hypothesis, or the question at this point. Refer to the Power Distance Indexes at the website below to complete the column on the activity sheet. Choose a country from the “Select a Country” drop down menu and refer to the PDI index The Hofstede Centre

Continued To complete the Gender Gap Rank and Income Columns, refer to the Global Gender Gap Report, 2012 The Global Gender Gap Index rt_2012.pdf rt_2012.pdf

Continued Group into 3’s or 4’s Look at the power distance scores of different Latin American countries and discuss how they relate to the gender gap score of these countries. Is there any correlation between power distance and gender gap scores to income levels? Decide as a group your topic and hypothesis in relation to a correlation between two of the variables (power distance index, income, power distance index, gender gap index, gender gap rank, income) can you find a correlation?

Connecting Connecting and Comparing Activity Within your groups, look at the Uruguay gender gap-power distance scores. Does the video you watched on gender inequality in Uruguay that you watched confirm or weaken these scores? Read the article below and discuss the challenges that are faced in reducing the gender gap in Latin America. In Latin America, Closing the Gender Gap Brings Fresh Challenges gender-gap-brings-fresh-challenges/ gender-gap-brings-fresh-challenges/ Look at the U.S. Gender gap rank number (22) and answer the following question: Does the rank number surprise you? Why or why not?

Continued Why do Women Still Earn Less Than Men? 85,00.html 85,00.html 1) What facts have you learned from this article that surprised you? 2) Do some of the facts in the article support the US Gender Gap rank number? Explain. 3) Are the challenges being faced in Latin America in reducing the gender gap similar in the U.S?

Summary Read the article: Gender Stereotypes Still Firmly Entrenched Despite Progress Answer the following questions in your journals: 1) Do public efforts in gender equality always translate to equality in the private sphere? 2) The Global Gender Gap Index examines the gap between men and women in four fundamental categories: economic participation and opportunity, educational attainment, political empowerment and health and survival. What do these categories mean as far as capturing the possible gender inequalities in women’s private lives? 3) Do changes in culture start at the home or at the governmental/legal level?