...Gender Role Analysis Gender Role Analysis Men and women are different. How different depends on what stereotype one chooses to believe. Although it has been argued that some stereotypes are positive, they are never beneficial. Society creates gender stereotypes and perpetuates them through societal institutions. In this paper the roles of gender will be analyzed regarding education, public policy, and the workplace. How education shapes gender, the gender norms in government, the law, policies, and the role of gender in the workplace will be discussed. Education In many cases the classroom reinforces gender stereotypes perpetuated by society. This can be found in the materials used for instruction, communication between the teacher and his or her pupils and classroom interaction between the genders and with the instructor. Institutions generally have geared textbooks toward males with discussions of famous battles, politicians, and entrepreneurs with very little emphasis on female contributions in society. According to Sapiro, before the 1970s information provided to students “focused on and valued men more than women, indicated to boys and not girls that they should consider doing great things with their lives” (Sapiro, p. 155). Communication and interaction within the classroom also reinforce the stereotypical submissive female and aggressive male roles. Boys are more vocal than their female counterparts in class and instructors give them more potential interaction by...
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...may, traditional gender codes can be seen as belief system needing to be revamped based on its’ current situation. Deborah Blum states in her essay The Gender Blur: Where Does Biology End and Society Take over, she discusses,” XX makes female, XY makes male. There are two important — and little known — points about these chromosomal matches. One is that even with this apparently precise system, there’s nothing precise — or guaranteed—about the physical construction of male and female. The other point makes that possible. It appears that sex doesn’t matter in the early stages of embryonic development. We are unisex at the point of conception.”(521). With this relative point being made, one would argue the inevitability of this circumstance to surface. During our fetal state in life, the specifics of our gender aren’t immediately established until months later. After our gender is established, we are then...
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...Psychological researchers are placing a growing importance on the transactional, or interactive, relationship between kids and their playthings. the great majority of doll analyses proceed without talking to or observing children themselves, and neglect to tackle the issues of race and class. There is no fat, abused, or pregnant Barbie, questions that were shaped by their being young black girls living in a poor and working-class, racially segregated neighborhood. These multiple facets of kids' identities are fixed neither internally nor socially; elsewhere it’s alarming how different geographic sites reconfigure the relationship and relevance of gender, race, and class in children's experience(Chin, 1999). The primary appeal toy makers offer with their correct playthings is the idea that such toys can help minority kids to feel more at home in the world through allowing them to play with toys-and especially dolls that look like them. By framing the representation problem as being one only of race, makers of ethnically correct toys miss...
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...Gender Role Analysis The roles of gender in today’s society vary according to history, one’s personal biases, environment, and society’s input in education, government, and the workplace. History has shown that gender roles have made great strides of accomplishments in roles that were once very similar in each area of life; particularly the role of females in that they were considered to be the property of men and played the role of the helpmeet, which was a biblical term that was taken to what is considered extreme in today’s U.S. culture. Through various social movements throughout history gender roles have changed greatly. Those changes that were affected by such social movements caused great opportunities and advancement for women and minorities in education, government, and the workplace. Social Movements From the beginning of this nation women did not have the same rights as men and were considered to be more of a second class citizen. In the early years of this nation, women along with minorities were considered the property of men. Women were not permitted to be educated in most cases, did not count as a citizen, could not vote, could not own anything, could not enter into contracts, obtain credit, work without her father or husband’s permission and could not even receive a paycheck in her own name. Social movements have made great impacts on gender roles in society throughout history. From social movements in the beginning of this nations’ history such as...
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...By 1970, the government enacted protective legislation for women and they were now eligible for jobs that not too long ago were only for males. Between 1984 and 2009, the number of women working in America increased from 44 million to 72 million. (U.S. Census, 2014) Each year the goes by women lose several millions of dollars due to the gender wage gap that exists in America. This gap has been static for almost the last decade, as women have consistently earned only 77% of wht their male counterparts earn. (U.S. Census, 2014). Our gender should not define our position in society. Today the existence of the gender wage gap in the American workplace is a highly debated topic. There are many people who believe the gender wage gap has been solved or that it has not existed since the Equal Pay act of 1963 was enacted, which...
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...On Tuesday, we discussed that there are many different approaches and views to interpreting the true definition of feminism. One definition to feminism is that it is an ideology that supports that women are superior to men while the other definition is that it the belief that men and women should have equal rights and opportunities. So when people discuss about feminism, it is mostly unclear if we are talking about equality or men giving up their rights to women. My approach to feminism is having equal opportunities for women and men especially in the employment field. We didn’t go in depth in the gender pay gap issue on Tuesday but we did mention how it is a serious matter throughout the world. After reading multiple articles from reputable...
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...In hopes of removing the loopholes from the Equal Pay Act, President Obama signed a legislation called the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act of 2009. The purpose of this legislation was to provide addition protection against discrimination that the original Equal Pay Act failed to cover. “The law clarifies that pay discrimination occurs when a pay decision is made, when an employee is subject to that decision, or at any time an employee is injured by it; employees have 180 days from any of those instances to file a claim” (AAUW 21). This alone would not suffice in ending the gender wage gap, more needed to be done. Ultimately the original Equal Pay Act needed to be updated. The House of Representatives passed the Paycheck Fairness Act in 2009. The goal of this bill was to update “the Equal Pay Act by closing loopholes, strengthening incentives to prevent pay discrimination, and prohibiting retaliation against workers who inquire about employers’ wage practices or disclose their own wages” (AAUW 21). Unfortunately, in November 2010 the Senate defeated the bill. With the government turning down bills that require employers to pay their female workers the proper wages it’s hard to get rid of the wage gap when even the government will not regulate it....
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...Schiebinger’s Theories of Gender and Race explores the complex interplay between society and science, namely, the interaction between enlightenment era science and political values and 18th century bigotry. In the 1700s, the dominant political force (European men) found themselves up against a society of changing social attitudes that threatened to usurp their power and superiority. “If social inequalities were to be justified within the framework of Enlightenment thought,” Schiebinger writes, “scientific evidence would have to show that human nature is not uniform, but differs according to age, race and sex.” (pg. 144) Thus, she explains, a concerted effort began to differentiate the anatomy of women versus men, caucasians versus “coloreds,” laying a racist and sexist foundation in...
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...! 1. Gender Binary: Based off of prior knowledge and information from this class, gender binary is described as the two genders that identify with being either feminine or masculine. Though society often believes in this gender binary, we tend to put people into boxes by categorizing them and it isn’t always correct. In the Radical teacher on page 62 this quote sums up some truth and problems, “the mistaken belief that if your body has/does that thing it is a particular gender.” 2. Intersex: An individual who does not have the typical XY or XX body type. These individuals have a mixture of the two. As we saw in the film XXY, Alex is an example of an intersex person. Most people who are intersex often go through medical procedures to for “normalizing”. Society has this way of making these people seen as something that needs...
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...In addition, Hooks readings highlight beliefs of feminism and patriarchal assumptions are factors to one’s sexual identity, since it can strengthen or break relationships; by having the other party, being betrayed emotionally their patriarchal lovers. (p.100) Readings from Cooper, adopt similar intersectional analysis as a Native lesbian. Cooper’s heritage, provides her with cultural practices as well as traditional beliefs past down to her by her ‘grandmothers’, to where she’s perceiving the world through native lenses. In similar, both readings believe that with understanding the role of intersectionality within our sexuality and by accepting it, “with awareness comes the understanding that love has the power to transform us, giving us the...
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...The representation of the female gender in this novel, show typical qualities of how a female should operate and stereotypes that affect the story as a whole. Mildred who is Montag’s wife embodies female stereotypes in the novel through her actions. Mildred is completely distracted by technology such as the radio and the television she wouldn’t do anything to change her surroundings. When Montag asks Mildred “Will you turn the parlour (television) off?” Mildred responds by saying “Thats my family”. Mildred unconsciously plays the female role the society expects by allowing technology to distract her from what’s happening in the world. Mildred displays female customs through her body image issues. “The body (Mildred’s) as thin a praying mantis...
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...For this discussion, I selected the debating issues on gender stereotypes as my opinion on this matter is unprejudiced. To come upon Disney Princesses as the topic of these debating articles somewhat made me ponder. Is this topic really worth debating? To start with, both articles seems to indicate the strong emotions imbued on them by their respective authors. Monika Bartyzel claim and argues that Disney has set standard in typecasting children into stereotyped gender roles by means of their toy franchise. What drew the final straw for Bartyzel was the reshaping of the physiques of Merida—main character of the movie Brave—into a customary figure that Disney Princess usually characterize. As an evidence of the problem of gender stereotyping...
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...Gender Role Analysis SOC 333 Genders and Society Heather Stuart Erica Lloyd 9/30/2013 Humans beings are like sponges, especially when it comes to learning new things. Our neighborhoods or communities, places of employment, and jobs shape who we are. As far as gender is concerned some of the behavior is learned and some of it is obtained from our genetics (Sapiro, 2003).While some individuals focus on the assets they can bring to society, others are getting involved and letting education, public policy, and the workforce shape them into strong and responsible people. These men and women are becoming prestigious leaders in society and are wasting no time trying to get to the top of the corporate ladder. Gender is not only shaped by what we learn at home, but it also helps us appreciate our worth. For instance, women were not able to receive the same education as men in the earlier days, but once they were able to become educated things changed tremendously. In a classroom setting there are different instruments used for learning such as, chalk boards, art supplies, books, etc. These items do not necessarily shape the gender, but the students use them in different ways. Boys are said to participate more in class than girls and show more interest in math and competitive learning. Boys interact more in the classroom than girls and it is said that they have more confidence (Sapiro, 2003). In classrooms there are...
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...Ying-ying is shut down by her elders forcing her to meet their female gender expectations. In the beginning while running around chasing a dragonfly her mother walks over to her and stops her, “A boy can run and chase dragonflies because that is his nature [...] but a girl should stand still. If you are still for a very long time, a dragonfly will no longer see you. Then it will come and hide in the comfort of your shadow” (72). This evidence shows that Ying-ying is taught to be quiet and stand still and is mislead to think boys are supposed to be wild and rowdy. She is growing up with that mindset of being quiet and “better unheard or unseen”. Though before this happened, Ying-ying is older in a room with her now married daughter who only...
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...Gender In this video which I did for my final project. I did interview with two people and I asked them questions I got them from (Gender and Race” Sally Haslanger”). In this essay I will talk about the interview and what was the questions and wat they answered and the main points that I got it from the reading. “There are several different ways to understand, and so respond to, questions of the form” (Sally Haslanger). First, I asked them about what is gender? And how do you define them? First answer was “I think gender is defined as sex, which is male and female which is natural we all know because of our knowledge and experience (Ali). The second answer was “gender is sex we have to choose male or female” (Bas). They all agree about what...
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