1. 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

2. 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

3. 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

4. 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

5. 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/Tables

6. 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

7. 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

8. 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