1. Freshman English
Week 11:多元文化意識(多元文化)
Gender Equality
[授課教師]

2. Objectives Compare/contrast past and current family roles in Taiwan.
Compare/contrast past and current gender roles in families in other countries.
Support personal opinions with reasoning in the topic of gender equality.

3. Question
woman without her man is nothing

5. Gender difference in Taiwan
Men were economically valued both in their occupations and status even if women had similar educational levels.
Many employers tended to hire male workers, and it made the wage discrimination exist in workplaces.

6. Gender difference in Taiwan
Different examples indicate why Taiwanese used to think that men should go out to work, whereas women had to deal with housework.
Taiwan’s folk culture reflects that males seems to be more valuable than women.

7. U.S. Department of State 國務院, 2013

8. U.S. Department of State 國務院, 2013
Taiwan's women rights status is still about the same according to the US report released in 2013.
Women in Taiwan continue to be promoted less frequently
Have fewer management positions
Work for lower pay than their male counterparts
Public opinions: Taiwan government should work harder to raise public awareness on this issue.

9. Reading reflection

10. Reading reflection
List women’s inequalities from the article:

11. Question
Do you think ____________ has a gender equal society? Examples?
Employment
Marriage
Social status
School life
Friendship
….other
your country

12. Gender roles
Gender roles are society's concepts of how men and women are expected to act and are shaped by cultural norms.

13. Indonesia
An Indonesian clothing company has come under fire over washing instructions printed on its sports shirts which said women should clean the shirts because 'it's her job‘.

14. Indonesia

15. France

16. America

17. Change Your Life With Bacon

18. Question
What are some typical examples for “gender roles”? Consider male roles in sports, business, on a date, in the marriage…?
Be Ladylike
Act Like a Man

19. Like a girl

20. Gender roles in culture

21. Gender roles in culture

22. Question
A. Have you or someone you know ever acted differently from how that gender is "supposed" to act?
B. Do you change your actions and activities when you’re in the presence of the other gender? How and why?

23. You Can't Be a Princess A. What do you think about this film?
B. If you were there, what will you say to that boy/ girl? To his/her parents?

24. You Can't Be a Princess https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OL_5SP-_FbQ

29. Reading exercise
1. How old was Margaret Mead when she first studied gender roles? 2. What ideas did she challenge? 3. What did she believe determines gender roles? 4. What did she advise people to do? 5. According to Margaret Mead, what is a key to social progress and understanding ourselves?