Warm-up 10/12   Directions: Write a T for true or F for false next to the following statements. ***If you don’t know, just guess  __________1. Women were given the right to vote in the United States in 1787. __________2. The policy of Apartheid denied people the right to vote in Australia for decades. __________3. Only 4 out of 112 United States Supreme Court Justices have been women. __________4. National literacy rates for males and females rarely vary. __________5. Islamic law often favors men.

UNDERREPRESENTED GROUPS

What is representation? House of Representatives What determines how many representatives each state gets? Why?

What is underrepresentation? If they were to elect a leader, which race would most likely represent the population?

If this is a classroom…. If they elected a leader, what gender would represent the population best? There is accurate representation if… A female would be elected 80% of the time. There is underrepresentation if… A male would be elected a little more than 20% of the time.

Underrepresented Groups Copy Definition: Underrepresented Group: group of people who do not have the same influence, importance or power as other members in a society.

Underrepresented Groups What are some underrepresented groups in the world? Minorities Women People with disabilities Religious minorities Natives

How are women underrepresented? How have they been underrepresented throughout history?  Not allowed to vote or work, not educated, not allowed to lead in governments

How are women underrepresented? What about today…? In the US, despite being 51% of the total population… There have only been 44 female senators ever (currently 20) There have only been 300 female representatives There have only been 4 female supreme court justices out of 112 And there has never been a female President of the United States

Reflection Let’s think about it… if slightly more than half of the world’s population is made up of females (and it is), then shouldn’t slightly more than half of the world’s leaders be females at any given point in time?

Top 5 BEST countries to be a woman Iceland Finland Norway Sweden Ireland Why? – Equal pay, equal education, equal job opportunities, equal civil rights

Top 5 WORST countries to be a woman Saudi Arabia Yemen Pakistan Syria Chad Why? – Unequal pay, unequal education, unequal job opportunities, women denied some civil rights

Where do you think the US is? #17  Why?

Category Explanation Example Education   2. Political  3. Economic  4. Health A B. C. A.

B. How many females go to higher education Literacy Rate in Angola: Category Explanation Example Education   A. Literacy Rate B. How many females go to higher education Literacy Rate in Angola: Men 81% Women 46%

Total female heads of state: Category Explanation Example   2. Political A. Number of women in political office B. Number of female heads of state C. Rights (such as voting) Total female heads of state: 11 out of about 180 countries First Female President in India

C. Number of females in high-ranking jobs No equal pay in the US Category Explanation Example 3. Economic   A. Female labor force B. Wage (pay) equality C. Number of females in high-ranking jobs No equal pay in the US

A. Male vs. Female life expectancy Category Explanation Example 4. Health   A. Male vs. Female life expectancy B. Mortality rate Life Expectancy in Mozambique: Men 49 Women 50 NOTE: Women ALMOST ALWAYS have a higher life expectancy than men, in every country. In countries where the life expectancies are close, this is a bad sign US Life Expectancy: Females 81, Males 76