1. European Geographies of Gender and Gendered Identities Social Agendas and the Future

2. European Geographies of Gender and Gendered Identities Social Agendas and the Future

3. Gender in Europe Gender is a cultural construction of difference –Sex (male/female) as biological –Gender (man/woman) as cultural/social

4. Gender in Europe Gender is a cultural construction of difference –Sex (male/female) as biological –Gender (man/woman) as cultural/social Gender as an important category of social distinction –Gender equality as measure of social progress –Gender and sub-gender identities are shifting in social and economic environment of emerging integrated Europe –Differential geography of gender and gender identity

5. Gender in Europe Article 1 of the European Social Fund’s (ESF) requires Member States and the European Commission "to ensure that operations under the different objectives respect the principle of equal treatment for men and women". –Use of structural funds for facilities to combine work and childcare –Co-sponsored by European Reg- ional Development Fund (ERDF) —Community Framework StrategyCommunity Framework Strategy on Gender Equality (2001-2005)

6. Masculinity in Post-industrial Sheffield Masculinity as characteristics of being male –Opposed to femininity –Multiple kinds of masculinity Changing gender roles in postindustrial Europe –Pink color workers –Greater unemployment among men Sheffield classic example –Deindustrialization: steel industry –Site for renegotiation of gender relations and identities

7. http://www.irishqueer.com/cgi- bin/cq/index.cgi?db=odp&target=odpcat&base=Regional/Europe/Ireland/Society_and_Culture/Gay,_Lesbian,_an d_Bisexual Queer, Gay and Transgender Identities