SOCY105 March 13 2012 Gender inequality Gender inequality and Feminism Learning to do gender and what is expected from your gender In school there is the hidden curriculum o Toys clothes activities subjects Teachers give male children more attention expect female children to be better at something and worse at others However there is no difference in math aptitude before the age of 7 Unpacking privilege what happened when boys and girls were treated equally in a classroom The boys thought they were being treated unfairly because they were used to having more privileges and getting more attention Brilliant boy teaches boys that the most important thing is to have intelligence Beautiful girl teaches girls that the most important thing is to be beautiful Pre industrial revolution men were emotional Post industrial revolution women are emotional Boys electronic medical set doctor Girls electronic medical set nurse princesses Works vs the home different spheres Competitive vs comfortable How do race and class intersect with gener here Public vs private o Expression and relationships o Black experiences of masculinity are different from white experiences of masculinity o Because whites are dominant white masculinity is dominant Politics of gender o Feminism The belief that women should have equal political social sexual economic and Two assumptions men and women are not equal yet and they should be intellectual rights to men o The First Wave Feminism o The Second Wave Feminism o The Third Wave Feminism Early 1900 s focused on public sphere voting education civic action 1960 s 70 s focused on the workplace sexist culture sexual freedom Contemporary sex positive multicultural intersectional might feel that feminism itself is now unnecessary Liberal feminism o Classically political rights and opportunities structural obstacles should be removed equal wages and reproductive choice o Criticisms true systemic cause of inequality are being ignored Radical feminism o Women are not just discriminated against but oppressed and subordinated patriarchy is domination campaigns to end pornography and prostitution as violence against women o Criticisms essentialist blanket statements Ignoring diversity subtle racism Multicultural feminism o Artgues for the incoroportation of race and class diversity of experiences recognition of other systems of inequality power and domination Intersectional approach o This is the model used by most sociologists
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