1. What is feminism? Who is a feminist? Feminism: “The most common and perhaps most general understanding of feminism is that feminism is about equal rights for women.” (p.1) Global Feminism: “Global feminism looks at issues that affect women globally or from a global perspective…one of the central elements to global feminism is human rights.” (p.135) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3pdbnzFUsXI http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3YA13GNT8Mc Feminism Sally J. Scholz One World Publications, Oxford 2010

2. Historical Background

3. Social Consequences

4. Political Consequence

5. Economic Consequences  Does a gender wage gap exist? http://www.aauw.org/learn/research/s tatedata/WageGapMap.cfm

6.  Women who worked full time in wage and salary jobs had median weekly earnings of $657 in 2009. This represented 80 percent of men's median weekly earnings ($819). The Gender Pay Gap by Industry By CATHERINE RAMPELL, NYTimes.com

7. Who Suffers? Who Benefits?

8. The Media Many things contribute to the image of women, one of the major driving forces behind how we perceive women is the media. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PTlmho_RovY http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8CWMCt35oFY

9. Possible Solutions