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What is the difference btwn sex & gender?  
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Intro to Feminism  
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         A Global Perspective on Gender   
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         Causes of Sexism:  
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Gender Socialization by the Social Structures ( AOSs )  
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         Traditional Gender Roles   
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         "The Rules"  
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         Effects of Sexism  
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         Functionalism on Gender  
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         Defeating sexism  
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Socio Historical Analysis of Gender Relations:  
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         Gender in Hunter Gatherer Societies  
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         Gender in Pre Empire Era:  Morgan:  Development of the Patriarchal Family  
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         Industrial Age:            1st Wave Feminism  
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         Industrial Age:             Suffragettes  
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         Post Industrial Society:   "The New Woman & the New Man"  

 
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  Many people use the terms sex & gender interchangeably, however, social scientists consider the two terms to have different meanings   
  SEX   
 
Sex is the biological categorization of male, female, "other" 
 
  Sex refers to the physical characteristics that make a person male or female   
  When social scientists talk of sex differences btwn females & males, they usually refer to biological characteristics, such as hormonal, anatomical, & physiological differences that  define them   
 
Less than 1 % of the population has major physical characteristics of both male & female   
 
Much of the population has minor physical characteristics of both males & females such as seen in the TV show "He's a Lady"  
  GENDER   
 
Gender is the social category of male, female, other 
 
 
Gender socially learned traits associated w/, & expected of men or women   
 
Gender refers to the personal traits & social positions that members of a society attach to being female & male   
  Gender refers to a sense of being male or female or having the recognizable traits of one's sex   
  Gender differences refer to the socially & culturally constructed definitions of what it means to be female & male   
  The social construction of gender in a particular society or subculture shapes norms & expectations for appropriate behaviors, roles, & appearance for males & females   
  Biologically, men & women differ in limited ways, but culture can define the two sexes in dramatically different ways   
  Social indicators of gender have changed over time: 
   Long/short hair 
   Skirts/pants 
   What are some other social indicators? 
 
  Biological indicators of sex have changed as, for example, women are now over 1 inch taller than 30 yrs. ago   
  It is important not to think of social differences btwn the sexes exclusively in biological terms   
  The appropriate roles, behaviors, & expectations for males & females have modified considerably over time   
  THE SOCIAL SCIENCES, GENDER, & SEX   
  Sociology of gender is the study of socially constructed female & male roles, relations, & identities   
  Feminist theory is the study of woman centered patterning of human experience 
 
 
Today there is a growing sociology of gender on masculinity 
 
 
Characteristics & behavior generally associated w/ being a male are called masculine 
 
 
Characteristics & behavior generally associated w/ being a female are called feminine 
 
 
The development of sexuality is influenced by two major forces related to gender: gender identity & gender role 
 
 
Gender identity is a personal sense that "I am a male" or "I am a female" 
 
 
Gender identity develops partly from biological influences, such as body shape & genitals, & partly from cultural influences, including clothing & hairstyle 
 
 
Gender role refers to a society's expectations for males & females, including values, attitudes, & behavior 
 
 
Individuals develop these expectations w/ the influence of parents, friends, & teachers, as well as television, motion pictures, & other sources 
 
  Men are stereotypically considered to be more aggressive & action oriented while women are thought ot be more capable of nurturing & caring behavior that makes them better able to take care of family & household needs   
  In a now classic study Margaret mead noted that among the Arapesh, the Mindugumor, & the Tchambuli tribes in the So Pacific, masculinity & femininity were socially constructed differently in each   
  Among the Arapesh, women as well as men displayed inaggressive, cooperative, & caring behaviors   
  Among the Mundugumor, both sexes exhibited aggressive behavior   
  Among the Tchambuli, the men displayed more passive & dependent behavior than women   
 
Among the Aka, a hunting & gathering tribe in central Africa, Hewlett notes the close bond btwn infants & fathers, & the open display of affection & nurturing behavior by men is in sharp contrast to the 'rough & tumble' play characteristic of interaction btwn American fathers & infants 
 
  Recent studies show varied definitions of masculinity & femininity in the US, & variations in behavior among women & men   
  When men take on the primary parenting role & share in household responsibilities, they display close emotional & nurturing ties to their children & are capable of developing 'maternal thinking'   
  WOmen & men are now taking on roles & responsibilities that were considered quite inappropriate one or tow generations ago   
 
SEX & THE BODY 
 
  Primary sex characteristics refer to the organs used for reproduction, namely the genitals   
  Secondary sex characteristics are bodily differences, apart from the genitals, that distinguish biologically mature females & males   
  The term inter sexual people refers to people whose bodies (including genitals) have both female & male characteristics   
  An older term for inter sexual people is hermaphrodite   
  Transsexuals are people who feel they are one sex even though biologically they are the other   

 
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  Outline on an Intro to   Feminism 
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  -  Song:  "I Am Woman" by Helen Reddy       3:16
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  FEMINISM IS A SOCIAL MOVEMENT & IDEOLOGY SUPPORTING EQUALITY BTWN MEN & WOMEN   
  Feminism is the advocacy of social equality for men & women, in opposition to patriarchy & sexism  
  A primary belief of feminists is that an equal share of resources/benefits should go to each according to abilities  
  A small % of women  ( less than 10 % ) will admit to being feminist, while a large % of women ( over 90 % ) actually subscribe to it's tenants 
 
  Nearly as many men as women are feminists  
  FEMINIST THEORISTS ARE A CENTRAL PART OF FEMINISM, IT IS CHARACTERISTIC OF IT'S MORE EXTREME BRANCH,
FEMINIST PRAGMATISTS MAKE UP THE OTHER MORE MAINSTREAM BRANCH 
 
  Feminist theory is the study of woman centered patterning of human experience
Much of social theory, history, philosophy, etc., has excluded women & women's ideas
Feminism reinterprets patriarchal theory & history
Because of feminist theory, there is a growing literature on masculinity
 
  Feminist doctrine suggests that women are systematically disadvantaged in modern society & in response to this, advocates equal opportunities for men & women  
  Feminist sociologists have argued that conventional sociologists have neglected the significance of women in all areas of the subject  
  For example, many studies of social stratification have defined a family's class position based on the wages of the male "head of household" & this ignores the fact that women make economic contributions to their families from work both inside & outside the home  
  Typical studies of strat often assume that women have equal access to the wages their husbands earn  
  Masculinist theory is the study of the development of non patriarchal theory
Some social theorists hold that all theory, except for feminist theory, is masculinist
Much social theory is patriarchal in that women & other groups are omitted
 
  THE FEMINIST REINTERPRETATION IS WOMEN'S REEXAMINATION OF THE WORLD BASED ON GENDER 
 
  - Marx's reinterpretation reinterpreted the world based on class struggle
 
  - The deconstructionists reinterpreted the world based on removing the bias of rationalism
 
  - Deconstruction is the examination or pulling apart of traditional views, showing its gaps, flaws, etc.  
  - Part of any reinterpretation is deconstruction which is the examination or pulling apart of traditional views, showing its gaps, flaws, etc.  
  Feminists' reinterpretation of the world follows the Marxists' reinterpretation  
  Marx said that one's world view (explanation of the world) is shaped by their position in that world  
  Marxists & Weberians reinterpreted the world based on economics/status/power  
  Women have reinterpreted the world based on gender  
  This is to say that women & men see things differently & that women are reintegrating women's thoughts into theory & practice  
 
Part of any reinterpretation is deconstruction, which is the examination or pulling apart of traditional views, showing its gaps, flaws, etc.  
  Deconstruction uses a variety of post-modern methods utilizing literature, philosophy, history, etc.  
  THE FEMINIST PRINCIPLES SEEK TO END THE OPPRESSION OF WOMEN & ESTB EQUALITY BTWN THE SEXES   
  There are common principles of feminist theory:
 
  1.  Women & the experiences of women are a key starting point for social theory & understand the world
 
  2.  Adding feminist insights to traditional theory complements/competes it
 
  3.  Feminist theory must be innovative/radical because major changes are needed
 
  4.  Men oppress, either directly or structurally
 
       -  Violence against women both in the home & on the street is all too common  
       -  The commercialization of sexuality exploits women, & today, men  
       -  The gender wage gap & the glass ceiling are significant & tenacious  
  5.  Feminism seeks to end sexual violence  
  6.  Feminist theory has a goal which is equality btwn the sexes
 
       -  A primary belief of feminists is that an equal share of resources/benefits should go to each according to abilities  
  7.  Feminism seeks to eliminate gender stratification  
  8.  Feminist theory seeks to produce a better world for women, & thus for all
 
  9.  Feminist theory must be interdisciplinary
 
  10.  Feminism seeks to expand human choice for all  
  11.  Feminism promotes sexual freedom  
 
FEMINISM SEEKS TO MODIFY TRADITIONAL WOMEN'S ROLES TO GIVE THEM EQUALITY & POWER   
  Traditional gender roles:  To a greater or lesser extent, we each exhibit, or can relate to traditional gender roles  
  Gender socialization:  Socialization is highly gender oriented & it is done primarily through the social structures  
  The feminist sociology of knowledge accents the importance of recognizing silenced knowledge & ways of knowing  
  The stratification of gender in status, power, & income was non-existent in hunter gatherer society, was the greatest in the patriarchal societies of feudalism & early industrialism, & now appears to be declining in industrial & post-industrial societies  
  While in common usage, there is little distinction made btwn sex & gender, in the social sciences the former indicates the biological category of female or male while the latter indicates the social traits of female or male commonly attributed to a particular sex  
 
The solutions to sexism lie in both individual & societal level initiatives  
  PATRIARCHY IS A FORM OF SOCIAL ORGANIZATION IN WHICH MALES DOMINATE FEMALES   
  Matriarchy is a form of social organization in which females dominate males  
  The Matriarchy form OF society has never been documented in human history  
  Patriarchy is not inevitable because modern technology has eliminated most of the historic justifications for it  
  THE TYPES OF FEMINISM OF FEMINISN INCLUD LIBERAL, SOCIALIST, RADICAL, & OTHERS   
  Although feminists agree on the importance of gender equality, they disagree on how to achieve it  
  Liberal feminism is rooted in classic liberal thinking that individuals  should be free to develop their own talents & pursue their own interests.  
  Socialist feminism regards capitalism as increasing patriarchy by  concentrating power in the hands of a small number of men  
  Radical feminism finds liberal feminism inadequate, believing that gender  equality will be achieved only through the elimination of gender itself.  
  OPPOSITION TO FEMINISM WAS CREATED BY THE BACKLASH OF MEN & WOMEN OPPOSING STRONG, FREE WOMEN   
  Opposition is primarily directed at the socialist & radical forms of feminism, while support for liberal feminism is widespread  
  There is a trend toward greater gender equality  

 
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 Outline on a  Global Perspective on Gender
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  Supplement:  Females in World Legislatures
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  THE ISRAELI KIBBUTZ
 
  In Israel, collective Jewish settlements are called kibbutzim
 
  Members of kibbutzim consider gender irrelevant to most of everyday life
 
  MARGARET MEAD'S RESEARCH ON GENDER
 
  Anthropologist Margaret Mead carried out groundbreaking research on gender, determining that gender varies across cultures
 
  Among the Arapesh, both sexes would be described by Americans as feminine
 
  Among the Mundugumor, both sexes would be described by Americans as masculine
 
  Among the Tchambuli, by American standards, gender roles are reversed   
  Critics charge that Mead oversimplified the implications of gender  
  GERORGE MURDOCK'S RESEARCH  
  George Murdock surveyed over 200 societies & found substantial but not complete agreement concerning which tasks are feminine or masculine  
  The wide variation in task demonstrates that what is considered to be female or male is mostly a creation of society  

 
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  SUMMARY:  There are FIVE fundamental causes of sexism, including: 
a. All men benefit from sexism
b. Sexism benefits elite men
c. Sexism is entrenched in our culture
d. Sexism is entrenched in the social structures
e. Gender socialization
 
  People commonly think of several things as the cause of sexism, such as women's lack of the vote, education, perceived sexism in 'holy books,' men, etc., but these are only examples of the fundamental causes  
  There are FIVE fundamental causes of sexism, which is a form of social differentiation  
  A.  ALL MEN BENEFIT FROM SEXIM IN SOME WAYS; MEN & WOMEN ARE HURT BY SEXISM   
  Although all men benefit from sexism in terms of income, wealth, and power, sexism exacts some high costs in other areas of their lives  
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  B.  SEXISM KEEPS PEOPLE IN CONFLICT & SO BENEFITS ELITE MEN AT THE TOP OF THE SYSTEM   
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  C.  GENDER SOCIALIZATION IS FIRMLY ENTRENCHED IN OUR CULTURE    K V B N   
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  D.  SEXISM IS ENTRENCHED IN SOCIAL STRUCTURE  
  Sexism & patriarchy are deeply integrated into the operation of the ten social structures including PF REG M CEML  
 
See also:   Feminist Social Structure  
  E.  GENDER SOCIALIZATION TAKES PALCE VIA THE SIX SOCIALIZATION PROCESSES   S M I P N N   
  Gender socialization is a fundamental social cause of sexism & patriarchy  
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  DEFINITIONS  
  Note, the definitions of the following terms parallels the types of social differentiation   
  Sexism is the structured inequality between men & women, & the norms and beliefs that support such inequality  
  Ideological sexism is the world view, i.e. an integrated set of beliefs, that one sex is inferior to the other  
  Gender discrimination is the unequal treatment on the basis of sex  
  Institutional sexism is the systematic practices & patterns within social institutions that lead to inequality between men & women  

 
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Examples of how all men benefit from sexism

Men earn more for the same job
Men have less fear of rape & sexual assault
Men use women as decorations & entertainment objects
Men do less housework
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Examples of how sexism elevates conflict

Sexism keeps people in conflict & so benefits the Elite Men at the top of the system
Women now work in equal numbers as men,
but in the Fortune 500 there are less than 50 women in any of the top mgt. positions


 
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Examples of the depth of sexism in culture
 
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Knowledge:   medically we know more about men;  most studies are done on men
Beliefs:  We have many beliefs that are false:  "Men drive better than women"
Values:  Most cultures value male over female babies & see males as leaders, etc.
Norms:  Men are allowed to do many things women are sanctioned for:  casual sex to being out alone


 
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Examples of gender socialization
 
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Gender socialization takes place via the same six socialization processes
Selective Exposure:  boys are exposed to more as children;  girls are "protected"
Modeling:  Men are more likely to be lead characters in TV shows, etc.
Identification:  There are more male "heroes"
Positive Reinforcement:  Boys & Girls (Tom Boys) are rewarded for maleness
Negative Reinforcement:  Boys are punished for being sensitive (Sissies)
Nurturance:  Unconditional love is good but girls are smothered w/ it


 
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  WHILE GENDER IS DETERMINED BY BIOLOGICAL & SOCIAL COMPONENTS, THERE IS NO DOUBT THAT SOCIALIZATION & OTHER SOCIAL FACTORS ARE EXTREMELY IMPORTANT   
  There is strong evidence that sex roles have both a biological & a social component   
  Gender socialization takes place by the SIX processes of socialization:        S M I P N N   
  See Also:  Socialization   
  Sex role socialization is the process by which "man" & "woman" become distinct social roles   
  A sex role is the socially learned behaviors & attitudes, such as mannerisms, styles of dress, & activity preferences   
  A sex role is the same as a gender role   
  Gender role socialization is the process by which sex roles are taught & learned  
  An example of gender role socialization can be seen in that even 4 year old boys & girls know which toys are appropriate or inappropriate for them to play w/ in relation to their gender  
  Sex role / gender socialization is deeply integrated into the fabric of our culture        K V B N  
  Societies where the roles of men & women differ little, if at all, are called androgynous societies  
  Sex or gender roles are learned through socialization  
  Gender roles exist w/ respect to interpersonal behavior  
  Although men & women have relatively few biological differences, they play vastly different roles in society.  This is because men & women are socialized to play different roles in society  
  Sex  / gender roles are not just different, they are unequal.  In general, women have less power, income, & occupational prestige than men  
  Sexism & patriarchy are deeply integrated into the operation of the social structures,   PF  REG  M  CEML  
 
1.  GENDER SOCIALIZATION BY PEERS OCCURS AS PEERS REWARD & HARASS MEMBERS OF SOCIETY FOR EXHIBITING THE PROPER / IMPROPER GENDER TRAITS   
  Gender socialization by peers is a powerful gender socializer because this is where we seek approval & a mate  
  Men are more likely to ask women for dates than women are to ask men for dates   
  Peer groups reinforce gender differences   
  Boys & girls play different kinds of games   
  Boys & girls learn different styles of moral reasoning from games   
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  -  Supplement:  "The Rules"
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2. GENDER SOCIALIZATION BY THE FAMILY OCCURS AS OUR FAMILY REWARDS US FOR CORRECT GENDER TRAITS & HARASSES US FOR EXHIBITING THE WRONG GENDER TRAITS   
  Most gender role socialization takes place before the age of five  
  Parental gender socialization is powerful & varies widely  
 
Boys & girls are socialized differently from infancy  
  Parents treat boys & girls differently from womb to tomb  
  See Also:  Traditional gender roles  
  In the family, selective exposure is powerful in that parents have nearly total control over what the child experiences  
  In the family, SO role modeling is powerful in that the children will model the division of labor in the home  
  When husbands & wives work full time, women still put in much more time on household tasks such as cleaning & grocery shopping  
  In the family, identification is powerful in that the children's world is that of the parent(s)  
  Nurturance, positive reinforcement, & negative reinforcement are very powerful processes of socialization in the family  
  In 2003, one quarter of children under two years old have a TV in their bedroom  
  Families smile & talk to girls more, are rough & tumble w/ boys, are quick to attend to fussy girls, & generally treat boys & girls the differently  
  3.  GENDER SOCIALIZATION BY RELIGION SHOWS THAT "GOD" IS MALE FOR MUSLIMS, CHRISTIANS, BUDDHISTS,' JEWS, ETC.   
  During the Hunter Gatherer Era & early in history, i.e. the Pre Empires Era, religions had been non anthropomorphic, matriarchal, patriarchal, or some combination of all  
  Beginning in the histl era, i.e. w/in the Pre Empires Era most religions became patriarchal w/ male figureheads   
  4.  GENDER SOCIALIZATION IN THE WORKPLACE IS OF PRIMARY IMPORTANCE BECAUSE THIS IS WHERE PEOPLE 'REALIZE THEIR HUMANITY / LIFE GOALS' & WHERE THEY GAIN MONEY / POWER   
  Because the econ sector is so important as the foundation of society & individuals' lives, gender soc in the wkplace is esp important   
  Gender relations in the wkplace have equalized to a certain extent, but women are experiencing the glass ceiling effect, though this too is slowly eroding   
  5.  GENDER SOCIALIZATION IN POLITICS & GOVT IS IMPORTANT BECAUSE WHILE ECON LEADERS ACTUALLY LEAD SOCIETY, POLITICAL LEADERS APPEAR TO LEAD   
  Gender is politics & govt is characterized by the glass ceiling   
  Female involvement in politics is increasing, although very slowly at the highest levels   
  Like the wkplace, women in politics experience the glass ceiling, but it appears to be receding faster than in the econ sector   
  Women hold little political power for FIVE reasons, including that   
  A. women have less access to money   
  B. Women do not run for office as often as men   
  C. Women lose elections more often  
  D.  Incumbency perpetuates male dominance because men are more likely to be incumbents  
  E.  there is a reluctance to vote for women because:  
  a.  of the perception that women are not natural leaders   
  b.  powerful women are threatening to some males   
  c.  many believe that "women's traditional place is in the house"  
  d.  of the "double bind” where women are seen as either over-aggressive or weak   
  Examples:  in the 1990s, fifty percent of Americans said that they would not vote for any woman for president  
  Despite the fact that 1992 was "The Year of the Woman," less than 10 percent of the members of the US Congress are now women  
 
-  Supplement:  Females in World Legislatures
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  6.  GENDER SOCIALIZATION IN THE MILITARY IS EQUALIZING & THUS MUST DEAL W/ SEXUAL HARASSMENT & THE GLASS CEILING   
  As technology blurs the distinction btwn combat & non combat personnel, women are taking on more military assignments, although equality has not yet been achieved  
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  -  Supplement:  Time Magazine: Conduct Unbecoming:  One female cadet's tale in the Air Force Academy's growing rape scandal
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7.  GENDER SOCIALIZATION BY CHARITY DEALS W/ THE PERCEPTION THAT CHARITY IS WOMEN'S WORK 
 
  Gender socialization by charity is seen in that charity is viewed as "women's work" or as a "leisure activity carried out by the well to do"  
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  8.  GENDER SOCIALIZATION IN EDUCATION HAS EQUALIZED MORE RAPIDLY THAN SOCIETY, & THUS MUST OFTEN DEFEND IT'S POLICIES   
  Gender role socialization that started w/ family & peers, continues when children reach school  
  Curricula in schools further reinforce a culture's gender roles   
  a. Books & teaching materials:
- Dick & Jane Reader portrayed Jill as succeeding because of luck
- males depicted as main character
- females displaying traditional behavior:  emotional, etc.
- males have good things because of own actions
- females have good things because of luck, looks, others
 
  b. Subject channeling occurs as gender socialization in education in that boys are steered to particular subjects which girls are steered to others, training them to take their place in a system of occupational gender segregation, i.e. a world of men's jobs & women's jobs  
  Stereotypically, or narrowly speaking, we expect boys to do better in math, science, logic & we expect girls to do better in reading, art, music  
  Diversely, or broadly speaking, career/college tracks differ for boys & girls; & should be chosen fairly  
  c.  Gender modeling can be seen in the fact that at higher education levels there are more male teachers  
  d.  Many social theorists believe that learning & knowing is different for women & men  
  See also  Feminist Sociology of Knowledge  
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  Male female differences in literacy, mathematical, & scientific aptitude are not consistent across all cultures  
  e.  College doors have opened for women & by 1980, women earned a majority of all associate's & bachelor's degrees  
  On the other hand, our society still defines the high paying professions as masculine   
 
An equal number of women & men begin most professional graduate programs, but women are less likely to complete their degrees, possibly because they come to recognize / experience, at some level, the gender barriers 
 
 
-  Supplement:  Bachelor's Degrees Awarded to Women by Discipline
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  9.  GENDER SOCIALIZATION IN THE MEDIA PORTRAYS BOTH TRADL PATRIARCHY & MODERN EQUALITY, & HAS MUCH HIGHER LEVELS OF SEX & VIOLENCE THAN IN SOCIETY   
 
Gender socialization in the media objectifies women, & now men
 
 
The mass media, especially TV, serves to reinforce a culture's gender roles 
 
  Media influence begins in early childhood & continues throughout life  
  Gender socialization in the media is dependent on how parents/self regulate access, but we live in a media intensive age w/o precedent  
  What images does media give & how have they changed over time?   
  Evidence suggests that television entertainment & advertising presents highly stereotyped message about the roles of men & women  
  Females have historically been more objectified & exploited as a media tool, however, males are now being increasingly objectified & exploited  
  Media influence is rationalized, pervasive throughout life, creating the practice of super marketing   
  a.  The contemporary ideal body / gender images are both a product to be sold & a tool to sell products  
  b.  The idealized body type is unhealthy & has developed historically  
  c.  Sexuality sells in the form of what we want to be & what we want to have  
  Everything from sex images to pornography create violence against women, directly & indirectly  
  d.  Both traditional & non traditional gender roles are utilized by the media to sell products  
  Media images of males & females give highly stereotyped messages about the roles of men & women  
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  Women are much more likely than men to be portrayed as being excited about household cleaning implements in TV commercials  
  10.  GENDER SOCIALIZATION BY LEISURE / RECREATION PROMOTES EQUALITY BECAUSE WOMEN & MEN ARE WILLING TO EXPERIMENT IN NON TRADL LEISURE ACTIVITIES   
  Gender socialization by the leisure / recreation structure is very similar to the socialization in the media  
  Organizations often provide "separate but unequal" recreation or family recreation, sports facilities, etc.  
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  The perceptions of parents, teachers & counselors lead them to behave in ways that make their expectations about boys & girls come true is called self fulfilling prophecy  
  -  Supplement:  Time Magazine: Title IX helped more women get into sports, but opponents complain it's pushing men out
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  -  Supplement:  Time Mag:  Women Football Players
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Examples of Gender Socialization by Peers

Most children have same sex friendships;  Being a sissy is worse than being a tom-boy
Same sex friendships are nearly exclusive for children, tweens, & teens 
Opposite sex friendships may develop for adults 
Being a "sissy" is worse than being a "Tom-boy"
Peers are extremely controlling 
(friends may or may not be more tolerant) 
Mating Behavior begins: 
Message:  “You'll never get a boy/girl like that.” 
Modeling: 
- play act adult gender roles 
- learn about sex & gender roles 
- clothing, hair, language, attitude


 
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Examples of Gender socialization by Religion

Modeling:  god is male in many religions
Modeling:  Only recently have religions in western nations allowed female religious leader


 
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Examples of Gender Socialization by Government

Modeling:  Most political leaders are male


 
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Examples of Gender Socialization by the Military

Women are not allowed in combat
Many believe that the military man is the epitome of maleness


 
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Examples of Gender Socialization by Charity

Head of the Red Cross has been a women for many decades
Charity is more women's work


 
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Examples of Gender Socialization in Education

In elementary school, teachers are female, principles are male
As the status of teachers rise from elementary schools, to middle schools, to high schools, to college, the number of male teachers increases


 
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Examples of Gender Socialization by the Media

More lead characters are male
Took Cheryl Crow 10 years to land a record contract:  Purpose of Lilith Festival in 97 was to provide access to recording industry for females

In past, more emphasis on character 
(though it was traditional character)

Today, more emphasis on body
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Men expected to do more active sports 
New Women's football league

 
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  DISCLAIMER:   I DO NOT approve of these roles!
The following roles are considered 'traditional' in that they existed, more or less, in the past
However, as you should recognize, they still exist to a great extent today
This analysis does not suggest that this is the way things should be
Non-traditional androgynous roles are developing
Non-traditional heterogeneous roles are developing
The point is, even if one is not like these roles, & knows no one who is, we can still recognize them
These roles are still very much a part of our culture & thus, a part of each person
 
 
There are SIX major types of traditional gender roles  1. Traditional Male Role  2. Traditional Female Role  3. Traditional Male Worker Role  4.  Traditional Female Housewife Role  5. Men's Traditional Relations w/ Women  6. Women's Traditional Relations w/ men
 
 
1.  THE TRADITIONAL MALE ROLE IS THAT OF A CONTROLLER 
 
 
Men are
- unemotional:  i.e., "emotional idiots" in that they don't talk about or understand feelings
- leaders, take control, & make decisions
- active, worldly, & aggressive
- blunt,  loud, & a bit sloppy
 
 
2.  THE TRADITIONAL FEMALE ROLE IS THAT OF A COMPANION 
 
 
Women are
- "emotional" i.e. out of control emotional, no quantitative thinking
- dependent, followers, & cannot make decisions
- neat, considerate, appearance is primary
- pushy/ aggressive
 
  Traditionally, women's status is product of what they are not what they do  
  Boys are sometimes so negative toward the traditional female role that even girls look down upon it as a result  
  In terms of income, wealth, status, power, & free time, all indications are that traditional sex roles work to the advantage of men  
  3.  THE TRADITIONAL MALE WORKER ROLE IS THAT OF THE LEADER OR WORKER   
 
- provide for family, & put job above all else
- provide for a wife & family
- put the job & success above all else
- be strong & successful
 
 
A man's status is measured primarily by his income & occupational status
 
  Men typically create an identity, their master status, via an occupation because a man w/o a job is no man, is not "marriage material"  
  In early American history, both men & women engaged in the production of goods to be sold, but as the industrial revolution progressed, some women were relegated to the home  
  There is no male equivalent word of "bitch," only words such as shark, go getter, etc.   
  4.  THE TRADITIONAL FEMALE WORKER ROLE IS THAT OF THE HELPER   
 
- enjoy nurturing & serving
- enjoy housework, because it is not "real work"
- revel in motherhood because a women w/o children is no woman & is not "marriage material"
 
  The role of housewife, which typifies the dominant role of middle class American women in the early & mid 20th C, is a rather recent invention
 
  The housewife role, as it developed historically, was largely the realm of white middle class women
 
  The housewife role fit well w/ the Victorian morality that reigned through much of the Industrial Revolution
 
  Women experience a double standard in that an aggressive woman, in the home or at work, may be called a "bitch"  
 
Recently, social scientists have noted the shifting double standard where women become proud of their aggressiveness as seen in the bumper sticker:  "I am bitch, hear me roar! adapted from the 1970s Helen Ready song:  "I am woman, hear me roar!"  
  Time budget studies indicate that full time working mothers interact w/ their children about as much as do full time housewives, although housewives may spend more time on care related tasks
 
  The housewife role, so ingrained in American society, is far from universal, is not the norm in the Russia, or in many Asian countries
 
 
Despite all the recent changes in the roles of men & women, most boys & girls still plan on seeking jobs that have traditionally been held by persons of their sex
 
  The housewife role is a product of Industrial Revolution which created the ideology of women as a frail consumers, replacing their co worker roles of prairie wife & merchant wife  
  The housewife role fit w/ Victorian morality that women are fragile & more moral  
  In early America & earlier, men & women were equal in what they produced & brought value to the home such as during the hunter gatherer society & the Little House on Prairie society of the pre industrial era  
  The Industrial Revolution separated family members from each other  
  Beginning w/ the Industrial Revolution, men went out of the home to work  
  Beginning w/ the Industrial Revolution, women stayed in home to have kids & keep house, but not to "work"  
  The Industrial Revolution created the role of the breadwinner & the family wage  
  Henry Ford is credited w/ coining the concept of the family wage, & institutionalizing it in modern industrial society, although the concept was in widespread use before Ford  
  Many industrial leaders in the US & Europe believed that it was their responsibility to develop the morals of their workers, & they generally advocated conservative, traditional family values  
  Beginning w/ the Industrial Revolution, men became responsible for production & women became responsible for consumption  
  “I'll bring home the bacon & she'll cook it up in the pan”
Paula Cole:  “You'll pay all the bills, & I'll do the laundry”
 
 
5.  MEN'S TRADITIONAL RELATIONS W/ WOMEN IS THAT OF THE INITIATOR 
 
 
Men's traditional relations w/ women include that they: 
- are worldly                 - initiate relations & sex
- are unemotional          - are expected to be sexual & enjoy sex
- are the aggressor         - are expected to be sexually experienced
- are active                    - care little for intimacy
 
 
The double standard can be seen in that there is no male adjective of "slut" & being a gigolo is almost respectable, while being a prostitute is not  
  Sattel, 1989, & other sociologists found that men withhold their true feelings from their partners because to admit their feelings would make them vulnerable   
 
6.  WOMEN'S TRADITIONAL RELATIONS W/ WOMEN IS THAT OF THE RECIPIENT 
 
 
Women's traditional relations w/ men include that they
- are emotional                     - do not initiate; they try to entice
- are dependent                    - are expected to be a virgin
- are not expected to be sexual or enjoy sex
- believe intimacy is most important part of a relationship
- must live w/ the double standard where female sexual experience equates w/ "sluttiness"
 
 
The double standard can be seen in that men are expected to be sexually experienced, while women are not in that a sexually experienced woman is seen as a slut, while a sexually experienced man is just that, experienced
 
  Historically there have only been culturally negative terms for a woman who was sexually active / aggressive, including such terms as whore, slut, tainted woman, fallen women, etc.   
  In the mid 2000 possibly the first culturally positive label is coined for a woman who is sexual or sexually aggressive   
  Cougar is the label given to older women who are sexually active / aggressive   
  As a result of the positive label of cougar for older women, younger women who are sexually active / aggressive are being called kittens or cubs   
 
"The Rules" by Fein & Schneider  
 
The concept of cultural lag holds that dysfunctional roles will fade away, but will they?  
  Non-traditional or new roles for men & women include the male househusband role, the female worker role, & nontraditional relations btwn women & men  
  Women of the Early Industrial Era  
  The Industrial Era  
  1st Wave Feminism  

 
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  "The Rules" demonstrate that traditional gender roles are still in existence  
  "The Rules" & traditional gender roles demonstrate the principle of cultural lag  
  1.  Be a Creature unlike any other
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  2.  Show up to parties, dances & social events even if you do not feel like it
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  3.  It's a fantasy relationship unless a man asks you out
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  4.  In an office relationship do not email him back everytime he emails you unless it is business related
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  5.  If you are in a long distance relationship, he must visit you at least three times before you visit him
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  6.  When considering whether to use ads or other personal dating services, you should place the ad and let the men respond to you
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  7.  If he does not call, he is not that interested.  Period.
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  8.  Close the deal-- women do not date men for more than two years
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  9.  Buyer beware-- observe his behavior so you do not end up with Mr. Wrong
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  10.  Keep doing The Rules even when things get tough
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  -  Project:  Gender & Race Socialization & / or Discrimination in the Workplace
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  -  ProjectVideo:  North Country, Work, Gender
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  -  Video:  North Country, Work, Gender
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-  Supplement:  Nontraditional Occupations for Women
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  -  Supplement:  Male Scientist Writes of His Life as a Female
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  -  Supplement:  Women Celebrate 20 Years of Smokejumping
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  -  Supplement:  As Leaders, Women Rule      2000.  Business Week Online
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  -  Supplement:  NYT: 'Comparable Worth' Makes a Comeback
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  INTRO:  THERE ARE NOW MORE WOMEN IN THE WKFORCE THAN MEN, BUT THEY STILL HAVE LOWER PAYING JOBS BECAUSE SEX ROLE SOCIALIZATION CREATES 'MEN'S JOBS' & 'WOMEN'S JOBS'   
  In the US & other industrial societies, women working for income is now the rule rather than the exception 59% of Am women are in the labor force  
  Women continue to enter a narrow range of occupations, w/ almost half in clerical or service work  
  The greater a job's income & prestige, the more likely it is that the position will be held by a male  
  Sex role socialization makes women less likely to complain about job discrimination  
  Professional jobs in previously male dominated fields pose special problems of access to women  
  The role performance expected in previously male dominated jobs includes behavioral styles characteristically associated w/ men  
  Women in many professions face a dilemma in that they can either conform to the expected role behavior of the job & appear unfeminine or they can follow the expected role behavior of their gender in which case they may be acting out of character for their occupational role  
  The dilemma of "the opposite sex" in a gender typed occupation creates a "Catch 22" situation in which "the opposite sex" has limited options for achieving acceptance & recognition (Kanter, 1977)  
  A survey of male lawyers found that half believed women lawyers were "tough & masculine" while the other half believed women lawyers were "weak & feminine" & said that women go to law school to "catch a man" (Deckard, 1979, p. 128)  
  THE FEMALE LEADERSHIP ADVANTAGE IS THAT THEY ARE MORE FLEXIBLE, DEMOCRATIC, INTUITIVE, MULTITASKING, ETC.  IS THAT THEY ARE MORE FLEXIBLE, DEMOCRATIC, INTUITIVE, MULTITASKING, ETC.   
  Women bring a "female advantage" to companies striving to be more flexible & democratic  
  While women are still underrepresented as mgrs of businesses, some social commentators, such as Sally Helgesen, see women as the business leaders of the future  
  Women's style of mgt is more democratic & flexible, & therefore able to adjust more easily to the fast changing, dynamic business env, or thrive in a firm where educated young professionals expect to be treated as individuals   
  In a recent article summing up their book, Megatrends for Women, Aburdene & Naisbitt describe women leaders as sharing the qualities of: 
a.  encouraging participation 
b.  sharing power & info 
c.  enhancing other people's self worth 
d.  getting others excited about their work 
 
  While the qualities of effective women leaders, according to Aburdene & Naisbitt all sound "nice," the authors warn that this would be an oversimplification because these leader balance them w/ objectivity  
  Judith Hall, a psychology professor at Northeastern University, notes that women traditionally are better at interpreting body language & other non verbal cues   
  Women have a high tolerance for ambiguity & are able to juggle many things at once   
  People who see job performance as a series of transactions w/ rewards for services rendered or punishment for inadequate performance might misinterpret women's mgt style  
  People, both men & women often confuse a leader who is encouraging or sharing w/ a weak leader whom they do not take seriously only to find that they suffer the consequences  
  A female mgr's willingness to empower employees by asking them for help might, for example, look like ignorance, & as though she truly doesn't know what she is doing  
  Compared to male wkrs/ supervisors / mgrs, other employees, male or female, often feel freer to criticize a female wkr / supervisor / mgr, or to challenge her authority  
 
GENDER SOCIALIZATION IN THE WORKPLACE IS INFLUENCED BY FIVE FACTORS, INCLUDING: 
a.  OCCUPATIONAL GENDER SOCIALIZATION 
b.  COMPARABLE WORTH 
c.  SEXUAL DISCRIMINATION 
d.  SEXUAL HARASSMENT 
e.  GLASS CEILING 
 
  a.  OCCUPATIONAL GENDER SOCIALIZATION ( OGS ) IS THE PROCESS WHERE WE ARE SOCIALIZED TO BELIEVE THERE ARE 'MEN'S JOBS' & 'WOMEN'S JOBS'   
  OGS is socialized through the socialization processes of modeling & identification  
  Occupational gender socialization is a concept denoting that there are men's jobs, & there are women's jobs
Doctor     Nurse          Manager    Worker
Janitor     Secretary    Lineman    Operator
Firefighters, police, soldiers are more likely to be men
Teachers, daycare workers, elder care workers are more likely to be women
 
  Occupational segregation is a pattern whereby two groups, most often men & women, hold different kinds of jobs  
  Occupational segregation is the stratification ( system of division & differing rewards ) of the occupational system  
  Occupational gender segregation  denotes that our culture recognizes that there are male jobs & there are female jobs  
  Occupational gender segregation is the concentration of men & women into different occupations, even when they have similar levels of skill & training  
  For example, we "know" that janitoring is male & nursing is female   
  Over one half of all working women are employed in clerical & service jobs  
  In fact, nearly half of all working women have been concentrated in just three occupations: secretary, nurse, & teacher  
  Women who entered the world of work found that their experience was different from men, including occupational segregation, pay, promotions, training, etc.  
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What message does occupational gender socialization give?   
  b.  COMPARABLE WORTH DENOTES THAT WOMEN & MEN DOING THE SAME LEVEL OF WORK, SHOULD GET PAID THE SAME   
  Today women earn about 60 - 75 % of what men earn, & there has been little change in the last decade  
  The biggest actual change in status of women, so far, has been the large pay increases that have brought the salaries of women closer to men's  
  See Also:  Comparable Worth  
  c.  SEXUAL DISCRIMINATION OCCURS WHEN WOMEN, OR OTHER GRPS, ARE TREATED DIFFERENTLY   
  Sexual discrimination at work is the treating of people unequally based on their gender w/ respect to raises, promotions, perks, etc.  
  d.  SEXUAL HARASSMENT OCCURS WHEN A PERSON IN ANNOYED OR VEXED BECAUSE OF THEIR GENDER   
  Sexual harassment is a form of sexual discrimination where an employee is 
- forced or asked by another employee or customer to give sexual favors
- exposed to unwelcome behavior w/ sexual content
- hired, promoted, etc. based on explicit or implicit sexual submission
- subjected to sexual content which creates a hostile, intimidating or offensive environment
 
  Sexual harassment refers to comments, gestures, or physical contact of a sexual nature that are deliberate, repeated, & unwelcome   
  Women are more likely to be sexually harassed & while the sexual harassment of men is rare, it is not unheard of   
  Some sexual harassment is blatant, but much of it is subtle, & thus difficult to prove in a court of law   
  See Also:  Sexual Harassment  
  e.  THE GLASS CEILING DENOTES THAT DISCRIMINATION INCREASES DRAMATICALLY AT OR ABOVE THE MID MGT LEVEL 
 
  The concept of the glass ceiling denotes that the "old boy network" is the most powerful at the top  
  The concept of the glass ceiling is consonant w/ the stratification theorists' position that an "inner group" of elite men are extremely powerful in western, industrial society  
 
In its simplest form, the glass ceiling is the reluctance to place women in positions of authority
 
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For the courts to rule that gender discrimination has occurred, the plaintiff must show specific damage; i.e., the courts have not allowed statistical discrimination as proof  
  THERE ARE SIX CAUSES OF OCCUPATIONAL GENDER SEGREGATION, INCLUDING:
1.  COMPETING EXPECTATIONS OF WOMEN
2.  LESS ACCESS TO OJT
3.  INDIVIDUAL OR INSTITL DISCRIMINATION 
4.  CULTURAL LAG 
5.  HIGHLY UNIONIZED MEN'S JOBS 
6.  SEX ROLE SOCIALIZATION 
 
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1.  THE COMPETING EXPECTATIONS OF WOMEN, WHICH ARE OFTEN RELATED TO FAMILY & CHILD REARING, ARE OFTEN GREATER THAN THOSE FOR MALES 
 
 
The practice of women leaving the work force to raise small children is becoming less common
 
  Women's entry into the labor mkt has not substantially reduced their involvement in housework, as husbands have resisted increasing their participation in these task  
  Women who live w/ significant other males & work equal or more numbers of hours outside the home typically perform over 70% of household chores  
  The household chores women perform on top of their full time job is frequently called the second shift by social scientists & feminists   
  2.  WOMEN HAVE LESS ACCESS TO OJT (On the Job Training ) BECAUSE OF THE COMPETING EXPECTATIONS   
  Less OJT makes Women less competitive as workers  
  One of the most difficult problems to overcome in leveling the playing field on the job btwn men & women is that women have babies & men don't  
  What is the solution to this?   
 
3.  INDIVIDUAL OR INSTITL DISCRIMINATION OCCURS WHEN WOMEN, OR OTHER GRPS, ARE TREATED DIFFERENTLY   
  Individual or institutional discrimination includes FOUR major types
     i. Less access to OJT
     ii. Hiring Patterns
    iii. Steering:  Channeling:  "men's" jobs pay better.
     iv. Occupational Segregation
 
 
4.  CULTURAL LAG OCCURS WHEN DIFFERENT SPHERES OF SOCIETY, ESP W/ RESPECT TO CULTURE, DEVELOP AT DIFFERENT RATES, CAUSING CONFLICT BTWN THE SUBCULTURES OF SOCIETY 
 
  Cultural lag results in lower pay for women because better pay for men's work is partially a carry over from family wage days   
        See Fordism  
  5.  HIGHLY UNIONIZED MEN'S JOBS, HAVE THROUGH THEIR OWN HISTORIC STRUGGLE, EARNED HIGHER WAGES COMPARED TO THE NON UNIONIZED SECTOR   
  Men's jobs were more highly unionized creating a pool of male jobs w/ more pay & security
Historically, unions were patriarchal & white
Today unions are very active in women's sectors & non-white sectors of employment
 
  6.  SEX ROLE SOCIALIZATION IS THE PROCESS WHERE WE ARE SOCIALIZED TO BELIEVE WE SHOULD TAKE 'MEN'S JOBS' & 'WOMEN'S JOBS,' AS APPROPRIATE   
  Sex role socialization occurs in all the social structures & it: 
- reinforces “correct” jobs for men & women
- makes women less likely to complain
 
 
GENDER PAY DIFFERENTIAL IS IMPROVING BUT AT THE CURRENT RATE WILL TAKE DECADES MORE TO EQUALIZE   
  The average female full time worker earns about 77 cents for every dollar earned by a male full time employee   
  In general it has been shown that the more women that work in an occupation, the lower the pay of that occupation  
  Historically, the movement of women into an occupation has lowered pay & status as is the case in secretarying, teaching, & nursing  
  Historically, the movement of women out of an occupation has increased pay & status as is the case w/ factory work  
  The best predictor of whether a family's income will fall below the federal poverty level is the sex of the primary breadwinner  
  The fact that being a woman has become associated w/ being poor is termed the feminization of poverty  
  Among families w/ a female householder, the poverty rate in 1986 was over  34%, which is over twice the total poverty rate  
  Working class women are especially hurt by the low wages earned by women  
  Occupational gender segregation explains some of the difference in pay for men & women  
  THE EIGHT REASONS FOR GENDER PAY DIFFERENTIAL,( besides occupational gender segregation ) INCLUDE:
1.  HIRING PATTERNS 
2.  COMPETING EXPECTATIONS OF WOMEN 
3.  LESS ACCESS TO OJT
4.  OUTRIGHT DISCRIMINATION 
5.  CULTURAL LAG 
6.  HISTORICALLY LOW PAY 
7.  FEW UNIONIZED FEMALE JOBS 
8.  MEN W/ FEW COMPETING EXPECTATIONS & MORE OJT
 
  All of the factors which cause genders socialization in the wkplace & OGS also contribute to gender pay differential   
  1.  HIRING PATTERNS REINFORCE GENDER SOCIALIZATION IN THE WKPLACE & OGS AS THEY HIRE MEN FOR 'MEN'S JOBS,' ETC.   
  Most of the gender pay differential results from the different kinds of jobs held by men vs. women  
 
2.  THE COMPETING EXPECTATIONS OF WOMEN, BECAUSE OF FAMILY & CHILDREN, HAVE HISTORICALLY PULLED WOMEN AWAY FROM THE WKPLACE & THEREFORE MADE THEM LESS VALUABLE WKRS
 
  The greater responsibility for family & childcare tasks that our society has traditionally assigned to women is another factor explaining the earnings differential  
  3.  LESS ACCESS TO OJT REDUCES SKILL & EXPERIENCE   
  that women seem to have less access than men to OJT that increases their skills  
  4.  OUTRIGHT DISCRIMINATION OCCURS WHEN MGRS BELIEVE WOMEN SHOULD BE PAID LESS BECAUSE THEY ARE SUBORDINATE TO MEN  
  Some male & female mgrs still see women's wk are a mere supplement or part time addition to family income because the man should still be the primary breadwinner   
  5.  CULTURAL LAG OCCURS WHEN SOME PEOPLE RETAIN TRADITIONAL PATRIARCHAL VALUES   
  Cultural lag; i.e., a carry over from the days when it was widely believed that men should be paid more because they were more likely to be supporting a family  
  6.  HISTORICALLY LOW PAY RESULTS IN THE FACT THAT WHILE WOMEN MAY GET RAISES EQUIVALENT TO THOSE OF MEN, THEY ARE STARTING AT A LOWER PLACE   
  The fact that employers do not want to raise pay in occupations that have historically had low pay  
  7.  FEW UNIONIZED FEMALE JOBS HAVE CONTRIBUTED TO LOW FEMALE WAGES, BUT TODAY TRADL WOMEN'S JOBS ARE BEING UNIONIZED AT A HIGH RATE   
  The fact that predominantly male occupations are more highly unionized, & therefore pay better, than are predominantly female occupations  
 
8.  MEN W/ FEW COMPETING EXPECTATIONS & MORE OJT CONTINUES TO BE THE NORM TODAY, GIVING THEM AN ADVANTAGE AT WORK, BUT IT IS SLOWLY EQUALIZING AS SMALLER FAMILIES BECOME THE NORM, & MEN CONTRIBUTE MORE TO THE FAMILY 
 
  Men do not bear children & therefore get more experience, OJT, etc.  
  One of the most difficult problems to overcome in leveling the playing field on the job btwn men & women is that women bear children, men don't   
  Pregnancy Leave Act of 1993 was passed by the Clinton Administration & it allows females 6 weeks unpaid leave following pregnancy, but allows men no leave  
  Our culture is now establishing norms over gender relations in the workplace, & YOUR generation will develop them more  
 
WOMEN HAVE DEVELOPED STRATEGIES TO CONFRONT SEXUAL HARASSMENT WHICH RANGE FOR ACCEPTING IT TO FIGHTING IT ON THE SHOP FLOOR, TO LEGAL DEFENSES 
 
  Victims of sexual harassment find it very difficult to report the violation  
  Based on her study of an underground coal mine, Yount, 1991, developed a typology of three strategies that female coal miners used to confront sexual harassment  
  See Also:  Sexual Harassment  
  There are FIVE general strategies to confront sexual harassment in the workplace which include
 
  a.  LADIES USE TRADL GENDER RELATIONS OF RESPECT FOR WOMEN TO DISARM SEXUAL HARASSMENT   
 
Ladies confront sexists as gentlemen w/, for example, “Why sir, what would your mother say?”
 
  Yount found that Ladies cast their co-workers as gentlemen & socially w/drew  
  b.  FLIRTS USE TRADL GENDER RELATIONS OF SEXUALITY TO DISARM SEXUAL HARASSMENT   
 
Flirts confront sexists w/ sexuality w/, for example, “I save that for my favorite men, & you haven't qualified... yet.”
 
  Yount found that flirtatiousness encouraged come ons from men & sometimes resulted in more severe harassment if the men perceived that the women were using this strategy to gain preferential treatment  
  c.  TOMBOYS USE TRADL GENDER RELATIONS OF FEMALE TOKENISM TO DISARM SEXUAL HARASSMENT   
 
Tomboys confronting sexists w/ balance w/, for example, “I would, but you're better suited for Joe!”
 
  Tomboys emphasized their occupational role & engaged in joking relationships w/ their male co-workers  
  d.  GIRLS USE TRADL GENDER RELATIONS OF SUBMISSION TO TRY TO AVOID OR IGNORE SEXUAL HARASSMENT   
 
Girls do not confront sexists but ignore it, or w/draw
 
  Girls' role of non confrontation & w/drawl may work if the harassment is not too severe; however, it risks the possibility that passivity may evoke more severe harassment  
  e.  TODAY'S WOMEN USE THE NON TRADL METHOD OF LEGAL REDRESS, IN THE ORG OR IN THE COURT SYSTEM, TO DEFEAT SEXUAL HARASSMENT   
 
e.  Today's Woman confronts sexists w/ legal or formal action w/, for example, the statement that, “That's harassment.  I'm filing a complaint.” 
 
  Today's women's, strength & resolve of the direct confrontation of illegal & boorish behavior will cause most harassers to back down  

 
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What message does OGS give? 

Men are more capable, worth more, etc.


 
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The courts & gender discrimination

1970   ATT   $ 52 mm to 3,600 females
1973   US Steel   $ 31 mm to 61,000 females & minorities
1978   GE   $ 29 mm to females
1980   Ford   $ 23 mm to minorities
1996   Texaco agrees to pay  $ 1.5 bb for discrimination


 
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a. Examples of Competing Expectations of Working Women

Women miss more work to care for family
Women have babies:  interrupted career track
Women take principle responsibility for home duties      (see Gender & the Family      Link )
But these are societal assumptions:
Despite competing expectation, the reality is that Women devote more time to work than men


 
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  Sexism is the belief that one sex is innately superior to the other
 
  Sexism underlies patriarchy & harms men, women, & the society as a whole
 
  Sexism stunts the talents & limits the ambition of women, who represent half the population
 
  Although men benefit in some respects from sexism, privilege comes at a high price, especially in terms of intimacy & trust
 
  VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN
 
  Family violence is still frequently directed at women
 
  Gender violence is also an issue on college & university campuses
 
  Off campus or on campus, most gender linked violence occurs in the home
 
  Violence toward women also occurs in casual relationships
 
  In global perspective, violence against women is built into other cultures in many different ways
 
  VIOLENCE AGAINST MEN 
 
  If our way of life encourages violence against women, it may encourage even more violence against men
 
  Our culture tends to define masculinity in terms of aggression & violence 
 
  While feminists & others track the violence of men against women to the best of their ability, male on male violence is not tracked unless it occurs such that it comes to the attn of the CJS  
  SEXUAL HARASSMENT
 
  Sexual harassment refers to comments, gestures, or physical contact of a sexual nature that are deliberate, repeated, & unwelcome  
  Women are more likely to be sexually harassed than are men  
  Some harassment is blatant, but much of it is subtle  
  Feminists define pornography as a form of sexual violence against women, arguing that it demeans women & promotes rape  

 
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  A functional analysis of gender suggests that traditional sex roles emerged in hunting & gathering societies where they promoted the efficient functioning of the family
 
  Each sex plays a role that complements the role played by the other, w/ men taking the instrumental part & women the expressive
 
  DURKHEIM ON GENDER  
  With roots in anthropology, Durkheim was well aware that women take on very many different roles in different societies & that women's roles have changed over time  
  In relation to functionalism on gender, w/ roots in anthropology, Durkheim was well aware that women's roles have changed over time  
  Applying the concepts of modernization & the development of mechanical solidarity, Durkheim's theory supports feminist goals to the extent that fostering the interdependence of members & parts of society regardless of organic / traditional constraints mandates that women function to the full extent of their true capacities  
  PARSONS & GENDER COMPLEMENTARITY
 
  Parsons argued that gender role complementarity helps to integrate society
 
  girls & boys are socialized into expressive & instrumental roles respectively
 
  social control reinforces gender linked behavior
 
  CRITIQUE
 
  The functionalist analysis of gender is criticized for ignoring the fact that many women have had to work outside the home out of necessity
 
  The functionalist analysis of gender ignores the personal strains & social costs produced by rigid gender roles
 
  Functionalism is often criticized for supporting the status quo, but this is more the result of the individuals such as Parsons who applied the theory w/ their own predilections, & not necessarily inherent in the theory itself
 

 
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  Conflict analysis explains contemporary sex roles in terms of dominance, subordination, & sexism 
 
  CONFLICT THEORY ON GENDER & OTHER CONTEMPORARY ISSUES  
  While conflict analysis has it's roots in Marxism & thus class conflict based on economic exploitation, it has been usefully applied by many social theorists to gender, race & many other social problems
 
  Thus conflict theory has been generalized so that it may be usefully applied to any social conflict
 
  Some social scientists question which conflict is the conflict, i.e. is at base the most fundamental conflict:  economic, race, gender, religion, etc. 
 
  While the debate over the most fundamental conflict is important in some decisions, for most people & social change orgs, more important questions lie w/in the social problem / change they are dealing w/ 
 
  MORGAN, ENGELS & MARX  ON GENDER
 
  See Also: The Origin of the Family, Private Property & the State by  Friederich Engels & Karl Marx,  1884  
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See Also:  Morgan on the Development of the Patriarchal Family  
  Morgan, Engels & Marx believed that capitalism intensified male domination because it allowed the concentration of wealth in the hands of males, esp upper class males
 
  Patriarchy & the monogamous family began when civilization began, which began when agriculture was well established
 
  Patriarchy & the monogamous family created the first surplus of goods which could be bequeathed 
 
  Men established monogamy & patriarchy so that they could control their wealth, who their heirs were, & what they would receive 
 
  Before the production of a surplus, bequeathal followed female lines  (matriarchy) while after the production of a surplus, bequeathal followed male lines  (patriarchy) 
 
  Men gained power over women by controlling agriculture, war, husbandry, & bequeathal
 
  These new relationships of patriarchy & strict monogamy created what Marx & Engels called "The historic defeat of women"
 
  CRITIQUE OF CONFLICT THEORY ON GENDER
 
  The conflict view of gender has been criticized for casting conventional families as morally evil & for minimizing the extent to which people live happily in families  
  The conflict view of gender has been criticized for arguing, perhaps falsely, that capitalism stands at the root of gender stratification  
  However, there is little doubt among social scientists that family structure does play an important role in patriarchy as well as other forms of social exploitation  

 
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-  Supplement:  Time Magazine:  Title IX helped more women get into sports, but opponents complain it's pushing men out
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  WE HAVE 'COME A LONG WAY' BUT THE LAST VESTIGES OF PATRIARCHY, INSTITL DISCRIM, & DISCRIM AGAINST LC WOMEN WILL BE THE MOST DIFFICULT TO ERADICATE   
 
Changes in gender relations have been remarkable in the last 200 yrs
 
 
We are seeing mvmt toward a society in which women & men enjoy equal rights & opportunities
 
 
Today's economy depends a great deal on the earnings of women
 
 
Despite real change, gender continues to involve controversy from the personal to the orgl, to the political levels, & everywhere in btwn
 
  Gender discrimination is in decline, but one wonders, will it plateau or disappear?  
  Gender relations are approximately three generations ahead of race relations  
  SOCIETY HAS ESTBED MANY LEGAL LIMITS TO SEXISM & PATRIARCHY   
 
Some laws have been passed to end sexism & equalize gender relationships  
 
In 1920, US women win the vote w/ the 19th Amendment
 
  The Civil Rights Act of 1964 forbade the deliberate discrimination against women in hiring & wages  
  Title IX was passed in 1972  
  The Pregnancy Leave Act of 1993 was passed by the Clinton Administration allowing females six weeks unpaid leave following pregnancy, while allowing men none  
  The Equal Rights Amendment ( ERA ) was never passed  
  POLICIES TO DEFEAT SEXISM SHOULD ADDRESS:
1.  BOLSTERING SOC MVMTS
2.  WAGE DISCRIMINATION
3.  BREAKING THE GLASS CEILING
4.  ENDING VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN
5.  OUR UNDERSTANDING OF GENDER
6.  THE OBJECTIFICATION OF GENDER 
 
 
The steps to end racism work equally well to end sexism, ( social movements in support of gender equality must cooperate, gender tolerance education, there must be zero tolerance for sexism in govt, there must be zero tolerance for sexism in the private sector, & there must be equal economic opportunity ) however there are some unique facets of sexism that must be dealt w/ through changes in policies
 
 
There are SIX policy methods to defeat sexism
 
  1.  Groups or social movements such as NOW & AAUP which support women's rights, work to end sexism, etc. must organize, cooperate & work together  
 
2.  Stronger laws around wage discrimination
 
 
3.  Stronger laws around occupational discrimination & the glass ceiling
 
 
4.  Stronger laws around crimes against women such as rape, abuse, harassment, lack of support, etc.
 
 
-  Mandatory sentences & counseling for crimes against women
 
 
-  The state, not the victim, becomes prosecutor in crimes against women
 
 
5.  Expand education & research on the nature of maleness & femaleness
 
 
6.  Expand education & research on the effects of gender socialization & objectification of women & sexuality
 
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Gender Relations for the next generation (being born now)

- Equal opportunity will become the norm
- Women in places of power will become the norm
- Women's wages will continue to equalize
- Families will continue to change
- Sexual relations will continue to equalize
- Lessening of abuse, rape, violence against Women

All of this assumes that "progress" continues
There have been periods of regression


 
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  INTRODUCTION:  Note in this historic overview that sexism & patriarchy do not develop until "civilization" begins, circa 13,000 to 4,000 BC.  Thus humans have spent 99+% of existence in non-sexist society.  Thus, those who say that male domination is "natural" are mistaken  
 
1. GEOLOGIC ERA
     5 bb - 5 mm
Socio Biology Earth formation 
- early primates
 
 
2. PRE HUMAN ERA
      5 mm - 1.5 mm
"The sex contract" Early primates  
 
3. HUNTER
    GATHERER
    SOCIETY
     1.5 mm - 10 K BC
During the Hunter Gatherer Era,  there was gender equality in that there was little or no patriarchy or sexism
Gender & Racial Equality has existed for over 99 % of human existence
Early humans:  99 % of 
human existence has occurred
in hunter gatherer society
 
 
4. PRE EMPIRE ERA
     10 K BC - 3 K BC
Patriarchy & sexism began "The historic defeat of women."  
         Morgan:  The Origin of Patriarchy  
         Marx & Engels:  The Origin of the Family, Private Property
           & the State
 
 
5. EARLY EMPIRES
    3 K BC - 200 BC
Women in the Ancient World Women & others as chattel
Some Women have power
 
 
6. ROMAN ERA
     200 BC - 500 AD
Women in the Roman Era  Some Women attain power  
 
7. MIDDLE AGES
   500  - 1300
Women in the Middle Ages
( Modern form of Racism begin )
Romantic love develops  
 
8. EARLY 
    INDUSTRIAL AGE
    1300 - 1700
Mutual & reward: 
- marriage develops
- romance develops
- sexuality becomes more widespread 
- companionship develops
... as patriarchy recedes
- Pre Enlightenment era
- Frontier Women
- Women work in factories
- Housewife role of  develops
 
 
9. INDUSTRIAL AGE
    1700- present
 First Wave Feminism develops Enlightenment thinkers
Beginning of end of patriarchy
Wollstonecraft, Martineau,
Taylor
 
     Suffragette movement develops In 1920, US Women win the vote w/ the 19th Amendment  
     Depression & WW II Era Women Women return to work outside the home  
 
10. GLOBAL
      CAPITALISM
       1910 - present
Second Wave Feminism develops Some Women experience true equality  
 
11.  POST
       INDUSTRIAL
       SOCIETY
        1970 - 
The New Woman: 
3rd Wave Feminism develops
Many Women experience equality in the West  

 
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  THERE WAS A VERY HIGH LEVEL OF GENDER DIFFERENTIATION, BUT LITTLE GENDER DISCRIMINATION / PATRIARCHY   
  During the Hunter Gatherer Era, humanity lived in 100's of thousands of mostly isolated tribes  
  Hunter Gatherer Societies, aka primitive communalism, have the major feature of   
  Living by hunting & gathering
Only minimal agriculture, which developed at the end of this era
Semi nomadism
No accumulation of wealth
Status achievement in "traditional" roles
 
  Most roles in Hunter Gatherer Society are ascribed, though increased status often served as a reward for achievement  
  There was gender based division of labor in Hunter Gatherer Society  
  In H-G society women & men had different, but essentially equal roles  
  The major female roles in H-G Society include gatherer, herder, mother, sometimes leader  (matrilineal), homemaker,  medicine woman / religious leader (shaman, etc.),  home defense  
  WOMEN RAISED BABIES TO GIRLS & BOYS, & GIRLS TO WOMEN, BUT MEN RAISED BOYS TO MEN   
  Many tribes used a matrilineal methods of tracing descent  
  The major male roles in H-G society include hunter, sometimes leader, explorer, warrior, medicine man / religious leader (shaman, etc.), home defense  
  Men raised boys to men  
  Women brought in 70 % of the food, but the 30 % that men brought in by hunting was critical  
  Men & women had equal status, power & privileges in Hunter Gatherer Society & because 99 % of human existence has occurred in Hunter Gatherer Society, therefore patriarchy, sexism, men controlling women IS NOT "natural"  
  The roles of leader, doctor, shaman, defender are all male roles today, but they were definitely filled by both genders in Hunter Gatherer Society  

 
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  SUMMARY:  Patriarchy & the monogamous family began when civilization began, which began when agriculture was well established

Patriarchy & the monogamous family created the first surplus of goods which could be bequeathed

Men established monogamy & patriarchy so that they could control their wealth, who their heirs were, & what they would receive

Before the production of a surplus, bequeathal follow female lines  (matriarchy) while after the production of a surplus, bequeathal followed male lines  (patriarchy)

Men gained power over women by controlling agriculture, war, husbandry, & bequeathal

These new relationships of patriarchy & strict monogamy created what Marx & Engels called "The historic defeat of women"

 
  INTRO: MORGAN WAS AN EARLY ANTHROPOLOGIST WHO USED SCIENCE TO CREATE AN ACCURATE PICTURE OF HUNTER GATHERER SOCIETY & EARLY CIVILIZATION   
  Morgan was one of a group of early anthropologists who developed the field & our first understanding of anthropological stages  
  Morgan believed that patriarchy was established when agriculture created a surplus  
  THE STAGES OF CIVILIZATION INCLUDE: SAVAGERY (HUNTER GATHERER SOCIETY), BARBARISM (THE PRE EMPIRES ERA), & CIVILIZATION (THE EARLY EMPIRES ERA)  
  Morgan developed a three stage view of pre history which followed the stages proposed earlier by social scientists, philosophers, et al   
  The first schema of pre historical stages remains valid today  
  1.  THE SAVAGERY ERA IS SIMILAR TO WHAT ANTHRO TODAY CALLS THE HUNTER GATHER ERA WHICH IS PRE AGRICULTURAL, PRE HISTL   
  Savagery: Contemporary Paleolithic Age: aka Old Stone Age:   5 mm BP - 8,000 BC hunting gathering  
  FOUR social conditions / innovations were developed during the Paleolithic Age including
a.  tree & cave dwelling
b.  fishing & the use of fire, allowing people to become independent of one locale
c.  the bow & arrow
d.  the earliest villages
 
  2.  THE BARBARISM ERA IS SIMILAR TO WHAT ANTHRO TODAY CALLS THE PRE EMPIRES ERA WHICH IS EARLY AGRICULTURAL, & HISTL, I.E. THE WRITTEN RECORD BEGINS   
  Barbarism:  Neolithic Age: aka New Stone Age:   8,000 BC to 3,000 BC     early agriculture         The Pre Empires Era  
  FOUR social conditions / innovations were developed during the Neolithic Age
a.   pottery & other vessels
b.   domestication and breeding of animals
c.   smelting iron
d.   alphabetic writing
 
  Morgan's Barbarian Age overlaps the Bronze Age:   3,000 BC to approx. 500 BC   ( The Iron Age:  500 BC to present )  
  Morgan believed that patriarchy, sexism, etc. began during the Pre Empires Era, which spanned the years, approximately,   10 K BC  to  3 K BC  
  Contemporary anthropologists largely agree  
  3.  THE CIVILIZATION ERA IS SIMILAR TO WHAT ANTHRO TODAY CALLS THE EARLY EMPIRES ERA WHICH IS BASED ON IRRIGATION & OTHER AG ADVANCES, & THE HISTL RECORD CONTINUES   
  Civilization:            3000 BC -    The Early Empires Era  
 
Morgan's civilization era is when the early empires of Egypt, Sumeria, Mesopotamia, India, & China first emerged 
 
  The early empires were heavily based in both agriculture & war / pillaging   
  THE EARLY FAMILY FORMS INCLUDE THE PARENT CHILD PAIR, PAIRING, MARRIAGE, MONOGAMY   
  Morgan analyzed FOUR family forms which were fully developed by the beginning of civilization ( all forms existed in a tribal setting, but some persist today )  
  a.  In the consanguine family, the parent child pair was the primary human bond, & there was  no marriage, & no incest taboo  
  b.  In the punaluan family, there is still no marriage as we know it, but family incest taboo develops, but cousin marriage is acceptable  
  c.  In the pairing family, there is matriarchy & pairing marriage that is similar to what we might call serial monogamy today  
  d.  In the monogamous family, strict monogamy was instituted by men to insure undisputed paternity  
  Marx believed that w/ the fall of capitalism, society would see the end of patriarchy  
  Marx believed that true love can only blossom among the proletariat, i.e., among those who love but are not entangled w/ property & wealth  

 
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Henry Lewis Morgan

1818 - 1881

Pioneering American anthropologist in the 1800s
His work provided anthropological background for Marx & Engels
Founded comparative scientific study of kinship systems
Studied family relationships of Am Indians & other peoples
   to determine similarities & differences
Unlike most anthropologists of his time
      Morgan learned through 1st hand experience:  living w/ natives

Born near Aurora, NY, became a lawyer
Never held an academic post
 

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Systems of Consanguinity and Affinity of the Human Family  ( 1871 )
Ancient Society ( 1877 )

 
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FIRST WAVE FEMINISTS WERE ACTIVE BEFORE & DURING THE ENLIGHTENMENT ERA ESTBING SOME OF THE FIRST RATIONALE FOR WOMEN'S RIGHTS 
 
  First wave feminism began during the Enlightenment  
  The women of the Enlightenment created a theoretical & practical basis for equal rights for women   
  First wave feminists repudiated sexist notions about women   
  First wave feminists advocated equal education & laid the foundation for the women's movement for the next few centuries   
  The Enlightenment, circa 1689 - 1789, was the awakening of modern ideas on freedom, science, religion, and early feminist thought, etc., aka the Age of Reason, & was one factor in the Fr Revolution of 1789   
  See Also:  The Enlightenment:   
 
LEADING FIRST WAVE FEMINISTS, E.G. WOLLSTONECRAFT, MARTINEAU, ET AL, ESTBED A STRONG SOC MVMT & RATIONAL FOR SUFFRAGE & EQUAL ED 
 
  Leading thinkers of first wave feminism include Wollstonecraft, Macauley, Martineau, Taylor, Tubman, Rousseau, et al  
  Mary Wollstonecraft, 1759 - 1797, in The Vindication of the Rights of Women, which was a response to Edmund Burke, held that women should have equal education  
  The Vindication of the Rights of Women an important book in the Enlightenment & for US Constitution  
  Catherine Macauley  
  Harriet Martineau, 1802 - 1876, fought for women's education  
  Harriet Taylor Mill, 1807 - 1858, was forced to live behind her husband, John Stuart Mill, but was the intellectual leader  
  John Stuart Mill, 1807 - 1873, was an important utilitarian philosopher  
  Harriet Tubman, 1820 - 1913, was a fugitive slave, underground railroad conductor, Union scout, & an Entrepreneur who founded two hospitals  
  Other Enlightenment ideas on women:  
  Rousseau wrote Emile & Sophy, in which he advocated sexist ideas though he is considered to be a progressive political philosopher  

 
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  IN THE 16 & 1700s, AS LC MEN BEGAN TO GET POL POWER & THE RIGHT TO VOTE, WOMEN BEGAN TO STRUGGLE FOR THE RIGHT TO EDUCATION & SUFFRAGE   
 
Suffrage means the right to vote & woman suffrage is the right of women to vote 
 
 
Today, women in nearly all countries have the same voting rights as men, but they did not begin to gain such rights until the early 1900's, & they had to overcome strong opposition to get them 
 
 
The struggle for women's rights in the US at first concentrated on gaining the right to vote   
  Women did not begin to gain such rights until the early 1900's, & they had to overcome strong opposition to get them  
  During colonial times, the right to vote was limited to white, adult, property owning, mortgage free, males   
  Many people thought property owners had the strongest interest in good govt & so were best qualified to make decisions, but today we see early voting restrictions as biased in favor of those who traditionally held power   
  Regardless, the limited voting rights of early Am were a dramatic expansion of rights for the general populace  
  Most women could not vote, though some colonies gave the vote to widows who owned property  
  By the mid 1700s, many colonial leaders were beginning to think that all citizens should have a voice in govt  
  Citizens expressed there belief in universal voting rights with such slogans as "No Taxation Without Representation" & "Government by the Consent of the Governed." which were considered radical ides now, but today are part of our culture  
  After the US became an independent nation, the Constitution gave the states the right to decide who could vote  
  One by one, the states abolished property requirements and, by 1830, all white male adults could vote  
  Only NJ gave women the vote, but in 1807, that state also limited voting rights to men  
  IN THE EARLY 1800s THE SUFFRAGE MOVEMENT BEGINS AS WOMEN FORM ORGS TO FIGHT FOR SUFFRAGE   
  Changing social conditions for women during the early 1800's, combined with the idea of equality, led to the birth of the woman suffrage movement  
  In the US, the men & women who supported the drive for woman suffrage were called suffragists  
  As women started to receive more education, take part in reform movements, & become involved in politics, they started to ask why they were not also allowed to vote  
  SENECA FALLS IS THE FIRST MAJOR WOMEN'S RIGHTS CONFERENCE   
  One of the first public appeals for woman suffrage came when two reformers, Lucretia Mott & Elizabeth Cady Stanton, called for women's rights convention in Seneca Falls, N.Y., where Stanton lived  
 
In 1848, in Seneca Falls, NY, the first Women's conference took place in the US
 
 
In Seneca Falls, Women & Men adopted a Declaration of Sentiments which called for Women to have equal rights in education, property, & voting, & used the Declaration of Independence as a model, saying that, "We hold these truths to be self evident: that all men & women are created equal..." 
 
  Leaders of the early suffrage movement include Lucretia Mott, who called for Women's rights conference in Seneca Falls, NY, 1848; Elizabeth Cady Stanton, who called for Women's rights conference in Seneca Falls, NY, 1848; & Susan B. Anthony  
  SUFFRAGE IS THE GOAL OF THE FIRST WOMEN'S RIGHTS MVMT  
  Suffrage quickly became the chief goal of the women's rights movement  
  Leaders of the women's movement believed that if women had the vote, they could use it to gain other rights  
  Most people who opposed woman suffrage believed that women were less intelligent & less able to make political decisions than men  
  Opponents of suffrage argued that men could represent their wives better than the wives could represent themselves  
  Some people feared that women's participation in politics would lead to the end of family life  
 
When the 15th Amendment passed in 1869, & was ratified 1870, giving black men the right to vote, the Women's suffrage movement gained strength
 
  The drive for woman suffrage gained strength after the passage of the 15th Amendment  
 
NWSA  
 
In 1869, the National Women's Suffrage Assoc. (NWSA) was led by Elizabeth Cady Stanton & Susan B. Anthony & was considered to be more radical than other women's groups 
 
  The chief goal of the NWSA was to pass an amendment to the Constitution giving women the vote   
 
In 1872, Anthony & others Women voted in the presidential election in NY & were arrested & Anthony developed the speech & slogan: "Resistance to Tyranny is Obedience to God.
 
  AWSA   
  The American Women's Suffrage Assoc. (AWSA) was led by Lucy Stone & her husband, Henry Blackwell & was consider to be a more conservative women's group  
  The main goal of the AWSA was to induce individual states to give the vote to women  
  A proposed constitutional amendment granting women the vote was introduced in every session of Congress from 1878 to 1919  
  NAWSA, WCTU, YWCA   
 
In 1890, the National American Women's Suffrage Assoc. (NAWSA) was created when the 2 prior assoc's merged
 
  The Woman's Christian Temperance Union (WCTU) & other orgs also made woman suffrage a goal  
  The WCTU later morphed into the YWCA  
  SEVERAL STATES GAVE WOMEN SUFFRAGE BEFORE IT BECAME A FED RIGHT   
 
Some territories, & then some states, pass woman suffrage
- 1869   The territory of Wyoming is the first US govt to award women the right to vote
- 1870   Utah Territory 
- 1890   Wyoming entered the Union & was 1st state to give women the vote
- 1896   Colorado gave women the vote
- 1920   15 states had given women the vote
             12 others gave women the vote in presidential elections
 
  THE NEXT GENERATION OF SUFFRAGISTS CONTINUED THE WOMEN'S RIGHTS MVMT IN THE 1900s  
  During the early 1900s, a new generation of leaders brought a fresh spirit to the woman suffrage movement  
  The next generation of suffrage leaders:
- Carrie Chapman Catt
- Alice Paul
- Maud Wood Park
- Lucy Burns
- Harriot Blatch  (Stanton's daughter)
 
  The new generation of suffrage leaders devoted most of their efforts to marches, picketing, & other active forms of protest  
  Paul & her followers chained themselves to the White House fence while others were often arrested & sent to jail, where many of them went on hunger strikes  
  Carrie Chapman Catt, Maud Wood Park, & others were skilled organizers who received much of their support from middle class women  
  Suffrage leaders stressed organizing in every congressional district & lobbying in the nation's capital  
  Other suffrage leaders, including Lucy Burns, Alice Paul, & Stanton's daughter Harriot E. Blatch, appealed to young people, radicals, & working class women  
  SUFFRAGE ADVANCED DURING WW I AS WOMEN'S CONTRIBUTION TO SOCIETY BECAME MORE OBVIOUS   
 
During World War I (1914-1918), the contributions of women to the war effort increased support for a suffrage amendment
 
  In 1918, the House of Representatives held another vote on the suffrage amendment  
  Spectators packed the galleries, & several congressmen came to vote on the suffrage amendment despite illness  
  One congressman was brought in on a stretcher  
  Representative Frederick C. Hicks of NY left his wife's deathbed, at her request, to vote for the suffrage amendment  
  In 1918, the House passes the suffrage amendment, but the Senate defeats it  
  In 1919, the Senate passes the suffrage amendment  
  SUFFRAGE IS WON IN 1920 W/ THE PASSAGE OF THE 19th AMENDMENT   
  By August of 1920, two thirds of states ratify the suffrage amendment  
  By late August 1920, the required number of states had ratified what became the 19th Amendment  
  The 19th Amendment to the US Constitution reads:  "The right of citizens of the United States to vote shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any state on account of sex.  
 
The suffrage amendment, the 19th Amendment passed by Congress in 1919; & was ratified in 1920
 
 
See Also:  Depression & WW2 Era Women  

 
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1776
Only land owning, mortgage free, white, adult males may vote
 
 
1849
Lucretia Mott & Elizabeth Cady Stanton called a women's rights convention in Seneca Falls, NY
 
 
1850
The first US national convention on equal rights for women is held in Worcester, MA
 
 
1870s
The National Woman Suffrage Association (NWSA) is formed by Lucy Stone & Henry Blackwell
 
 
 
The first women win the right to vote when the Territory of Wyoming gives women right to vote
 
 
1879 -
1919 
A female suffrage amendment reintroduced in every session of Congress  
 
1880s
Susan B. Anthony is arrested for voting illegally in the presidential election
 
 
 
Victoria Claflin Woodhull  becomes the 1st woman to run for president
 
 
1890s
Stanton persuaded Sen. Aaron Sargent to sponsor a woman suffrage amendment to the Constitution
 
 
 
The National American Woman Suffrage Association united women's suffrage groups
 
 
 
Wyoming becomes the first state with woman suffrage
 
 
 
New Zealand becomes the first nation to grant women full voting rights
 
 
1900s
Australia gave women right to vote in national elections
 
 
 
Susan B. Anthony & Carrie Chapman Catt estbed the Intl Woman Suffrage Alliance
 
 
 
The Equality League of Self Supporting Women was founded by Harriot E. Stanton Blatch
 
 
 
The 1st US suffrage parades & open air messages are held  
 
1910s
Alice Paul formed the National Woman's Party  
 
1920s
The US House of Representatives passed a woman suffrage amendment, but the Senate rejected it  
 
 
Woman suffrage became nationwide in Canada  
 
 
Women were allowed to vote in Germany for the first time  
 
 
The Senate passes a woman suffrage amendment  
 
 
Paul submitted the 1st version of an Equal Rights Amendment to Congress (An ERA is never passed & the latest version to go down was in the 1970s defeat)  
 
 
Catt founded the National League of Women Voters which survives today at the League of Women Voters  
 
 
The 19th Amendment was ratified, giving all US women, age 21, or over the right to vote  
 
1930s 
Women received equal voting privileges in Britain  
 
1940s 
Paul founded the World Woman's Party  
 
 
Women in France voted for the first time.  
 
 
The new Constitution of Japan gave women as well as men the right to vote  
 
 
Women won voting rights in national elections of Switzerland  
 
 
US suffrage was expanded to include male & female citizens age 18 or older  
 
 
Women had suffrage in every country men did, except Kuwait
 
    The Women's Suffrage Timeline demonstrates:   
    -  several qualities of social mvmts such as the fact that major social changes take decades, generations, or even centuries  
    -  that because the timeline of social change is beyond that of a generation, & because soc mvmts require many diverse participants whom may have a diversity of interests, a plethora of soc mvmt grps & orgs is required for success  
    -  that success depends, in part, on the ability of soci mvmt grps & orgs to network over a long period of time  
    -  that successful soc mvmts require an active constituency who is willing to sacrifice in the form of money, time, protests, etc.   
    -  that successful soc mvmts require a dedicated, radicalized leadership who is willing to sacrifice in the form of ruined careers, jail time, or even injury or death, & yet stays in touch w/ the sentiments of the constituency, e.g. pushes the constituency by making radical proposals & taking radical actions, but also does not go too far beyond the sentiments of the constituency  

 
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the  Post Industrial Age  circa 1970 to Present
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  WOMEN BORN TODAY ARE THE CHILDREN OR GRANDCHILDREN OF 'LIBERATED WOMEN' & THUS EXPERIENCE LITTLE OR NO DISCRIMINATION   
  Summary:  Possibly, many women, in the first world, born in this generation will experience little or no discrimination; however, academics & feminists point out that sexism still exists, & middle class women report "mostly" or "high" levels of equality  
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The 3rd wave?  Many social theorists ask, "Do we need the 3rd wave of feminism, or can we just coast to equality?"  
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Look to your future: What will gender issues be life for your kids?  
  NEW, NON TRADL, GENDERED NON GENDERED ROLES ARE DEVELOPING   
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Non-traditional gender roles are developing, & defining femaleness & maleness today includes such issues as  
  - dating & relationships at work  
  - the cultural definitions of sexual experience, "promiscuity," & the number of partners which are socially acceptable  
  - the cultural values of marriage & the single's life  
  - marrying later & youth lived as a single vs. marrying earlier & an early commitment  
  - women's ability to be active in initiating relationships & men's ability to be receptive to a woman's initiative  
  - the cultural definitions of body shape & the ideal body  
  - women in combat, meeting the requirements of combat, & fulfillment as a warrior  
  - men providing nurturing, finding fulfillment in the home for man or woman  
  - the portrayal of sexuality in the media & in our personal lives  
  - the portrayal of sexuality through revealing dress, & sexuality in public   
  WOMEN ARE GAINING MORE POSITIONS OF POWER, BUT THE GLASS CEILING & THE STRENGTH OF THE OLD BOY SYSTEM IS STRONGEST AT THE TOP   
  Geraldine Ferraro is nominated as the VP candidate by the Democrats in 1984   
 
During the Clinton Administration, Madeline Albright (D) became the Secretary of State, which is the fourth in line to be President, holding the highest office of any woman in US history 
 
 
Nancy Pelossi ( D ) attains the highest rank of any women in the House of Representatives in 2002 when she becomes minority leader for the Democrats 
 
 
Condi Rice (R) becomes the Secretary of State during the Bush Jr. Admin. in 2005 
 
  Sarah Palin is nominated as the VP candidate by the Republicans in 2008   
  Carly Fiorina is the first women to lead a Fortune 500 firm   
  Fiorina lead HP in the early 2000s, but was fired in 2005 after over 5 yrs at the helm for low profits, lack of increase of mkt, & disagreements on how to integrate Compaq Computer, a new acquisition, into HP  
  It is not unusual for firms to switch leaders just as teams switch coaches   
  In 2008, 12 of the Fortune 500 CEOs are women   

 
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The New Woman:  The Third Wave? 

Do we need it, or can we just coast to equality?
How are Gender Relations different in the 2000s than in the 1980s?
What will Gender Relations look like in 2050, 
    - when Baby Boomers will be gone
    - when Gen X & Y are old
    - when the children of Gen X & Y are in power?


 
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Look to your future:  What will gender issues be life for your kids?

- Equal opportunity will become the norm
- Women in places of power will become the norm
- Women's wages will continue to equalize
- Families will continue to change
- Sexual relations will continue to equalize
- Lessening of abuse, rape, etc. 


 
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Non-traditional gender roles:  issues in defining femaleness & maleness today

Rape
Paternity
Paternal responsibility
Out of wedlock birth
Orphans:  unwanted children

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