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Objectives:  Define gender stratification and distinguish between sex and gender  Understand the controversy over what most accounts for gender differences.

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1 Objectives:  Define gender stratification and distinguish between sex and gender  Understand the controversy over what most accounts for gender differences in behavior, biology or culture, and explain the dominant sociological position in the debate  Describe the global nature of gender inequality and provide concrete examples of global gender discrimination

2 Gender Stratification: males’ and females’ unequal access to power, prestige and property on the basis of their sex Gender = Master Status  Labels of male/female carry images and expectations about how we should act  guides behavior  serves as basis of power and privilege

3 Sex: biological characteristics that distinguish females and males, consisting of primary and secondary sex characteristics  primary: reproductive organs  secondary: physical distinctions not associated with reproduction (voice tone, muscle tone, breasts, hair) Gender: behaviors and attitudes that society considers proper for males and females; masculinity or femininity  sociological significance of gender—it is a device by which society controls its members (through socialization) INHERIT your SEX, but you LEARN your GENDER

4 Biology or Culture? What is responsible for gender differences in men and women… Take a few minutes to read the Thinking Critically excerpts on pages 292 and 293 in your textbook… Jot down your thoughts/questions as you read along. Be prepared to express your opinion about the topic of biology or culture (read aloud “Medical Accident”/ “Vietnam Veterans”)

5 There is not a single example of a society where women (as a group) have decision making power over men (as a group) Sex Typing at Work  found in every society  associated activities with one sex or the other  things considered “female” in one society, can be considered “male” in another  metalworking is the exception (it is universally male)

6  division of labor does not by itself equal social inequality  Inequality comes from the fact that the prestige that is given to male activities is greater, regardless of what those activities are  examples: delivering babies  it is not the work that provides the prestige, but the sex with which the work is associated

7 Education  of the 1 billion adults that cannot read, 2/3 are women (most in Africa) Politics  No national legislature has as many women as men (on average women hold about 11% of seats in governmental bodies) Pay Gap  In every nation, women average less pay than men  in US women are paid, on average, 65% of men’s wages Violence  Global human rights issue  ex: foot binding (China), suttee (India), rape, forced prostitution, female circumcision (excerpt pg, 300)


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