1. Inequalities of Gender
Chapter 7

2. Issues of Sex & Gender Gender inequality
Unequal access to power, prestige, and property on the basis of sex
Sex: biological characteristics
Gender: social characteristics attributed to each sex

3. Biology vs. Culture Culture: Anthropological re-examination
Types of work
Biological causation
Female crime rates

4. Biology vs. Culture Biology Patriarchies & matriarchies
Male hierarchies
Lower male threshold for expressing dominance
Exceptional examples

5. Biology or Culture? Ongoing debate
Dominant View in Sociology: Symbolic Interactionism
Opening the door to biology

6. Gender Inequality: Global Perspective
Sex Typing of Work
Activities associated with one sex or the other
Prestige of Work
Greater prestige, typically, is given to male work activities

7. Gender Inequality: Global Perspective
Education
Politics
The Pay Gap
Violence Against Women

8. Gender Inequality in Theoretical Perspective
Childbirth and Social Experiences
Evaluating the Theory

9. Gender Inequality in Canada
The Rise of Feminism
First wave
Nellie McClung
Second Wave

10. Gender Inequality In Education In Everyday Life
Devaluation of the feminine

11. Gender Inequality In the Workplace Participation in the Labour Force
The Pay Gap
The “Glass Ceiling” or “Escalator”
The “Mommy Track”
Sexual Harassment

12. Gender Inequality (cont.)

13. Gender Inequality (cont.)

14. Gender Inequality (cont.)

15. Gender & Violence Violence against women Rape/Sexual Assault Date Rape
Murder
Violence in the home

16. Feminist Understanding of Gender patterns in Violence
Possible Solutions

17. Gender & Change
Politics
Women in Sports
Changing Roles of Men

18. Glimpsing the Future—With Hope
Structural barriers
New consciousness