1. Sociology: A Down-to-Earth Approach 7/e
James M. Henslin
Chapter Eleven: Sex and Gender
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2. “Unequal Access to Power, Prestige, and Property on the Basis of Sex.”
What is Gender Stratification?
“Unequal Access to Power, Prestige, and Property on the Basis of Sex.”
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3. Issues of Sex and Gender
Sex—Biological Characteristics
Female and Male
Primary and Secondary Sexual Characteristics
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4. Issues of Sex and Gender
Gender—Social Characteristics
Masculinity and Femininity
Appropriate Behavior
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5. Gender Differences In Behavior Biology or Culture?
Dominant Position in Sociology
Social Factors Primary, Not Biological
If Biological Should Be Less Variation
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6. Gender Differences In Behavior Biology or Culture?
Opening the Door to Biology
Nature vs. Nurture
A Medical Accident
Vietnam Veteran Study
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7. Gender and Inequality in Global Perspective
Sex Typing of Work
Prestige of Work
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8. Gender and Inequality in Global Perspective
Other Areas of Global Discrimination
Education
Politics
The Pay Gap
Violence Against Women
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9. How Females Became a Minority Group
Origins of Patriarchy
Early On, Life was Short
Females Limited by Childbearing
Men Became Dominant as Hunters and Warriors
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10. Gender Inequality in the U.S.
Conflict Theory—Power Yields Privilege
Feminism—Biology is not Destiny
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11. Gender Inequality in the U.S.
Fighting Back: The Rise of Feminism
First Wave—Early 1900s
Second Wave Began 1960s
Third Wave Emerging Now
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12. Gender Inequality in the U.S.
Gender Inequality in Health Care
Gender Inequality in Education
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13. Gender Inequality in the U.S.
Gender Inequality in Everyday Life
Devaluation of the Feminine
Inequality in Conversation
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14. Gender Inequality in the Workplace
The Pay Gap
The Glass Ceiling and Escalator
The “Mommy Track”
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15. Gender Inequality in the Workplace
Gender and Control of Workers
Sexual Harassment and Worse
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16. Gender and Violence Violence Against Women Forcible Rape Date Rape
Murder
Violence in the Home
Women and Criminal Justice System
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17. Gender and Violence Feminism and Gendered Violence
Symbolic Interactionists
Association of Strength, Virility, and Violence
Conflict Theory
Men Losing Power, Reassert Through Violence
Gender, Violence, and the Media
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18. Changing Face of Politics
Women Majority in Population
Women Overly Underrepresented in Government
Women Underrepresented in Law and Business Careers
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19. Glimpsing the Future—With Hope
Barriers Coming Down
Abandoning Stereotypes
New Consciousness
Change in Relationships
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