Notes for WGSS Wed Sept 9 An overview of what the class will be like Sex gender and value o One is more important than the other The ideal figure is not getting thinner o A woman s figure work expectations Women are less likely to survive heart attacks 23 women head fortune 500 companies The mommy tax leave o Hourly wage drops 7 More women enrolled in college Women make up 20 of the Senate Women make up 19 3 of the House o Doctors do not necessarily know the different symptoms in a woman s body o United States in one of the few countries that does not pay while on maternity On average men work 118 more hours when a son is born 54 for a girl The lipstick index correlates with a recession o Women will buy more material things because of the unhappiness caused by a recession o Raises self confidence 88 of counties in the United States do not have abortion clinics There is more genetic variation in races than between them Feminism Social political movement Women Gender Sexuality Studies Academic field