Team Marshmallow PieGender SocializationSlide 3Top 5 Myths About Girls, Math and ScienceBarbara Barres (Left) Ben Barres (Right)Inventive Capability in Women ExamplesWhy are there so few women inventors?Slide 8Why do we know so few?Reasons:Slide 11Slide 12Slide 13Slide 14Slide 15Historical criteria for “significance”.Criteria for “significance”:Slide 18Women in the History of TechnologyWomen LimitationsWho do they give the credit to?What did some of the women invent?Slide 23Some Women InventorsWhat about today?What is the Matriarchy Perplex?Work Specialization and PowerWhat Changed?Power TheorySlide 30KARL MARX AND CONFLICT THEORYKarl MarxClassesSocial ConflictTake Over TheorySpecializationsReligionThe End Thank You!Team Marshmallow PieFreddy Rivera Julie UnsonChristin JowMonica Adargas Steve TranAshley FaytolGender SocializationGender SocializationPresenter: Freddy RiveraPresenter: Freddy RiveraFreddyGender SocializationGender SocializationDoes anyone know what Does anyone know what this is?this is?Categorized from birth Categorized from birth FreddyTop 5 Myths About Girls, Math Top 5 Myths About Girls, Math and Scienceand Science•Girls cannot be motivated in STEM by Girls cannot be motivated in STEM by parentsparents•Interventions help girls but not boysInterventions help girls but not boys•No teacher biasNo teacher bias•STEM curriculum weeds out girls STEM curriculum weeds out girls unfairlyunfairly•Boys are more interested in STEM than Boys are more interested in STEM than girlsgirlsFreddyBarbara Barres Barbara Barres (Left)(Left)Ben Barres (Right)Ben Barres (Right)•M.D., Ph.D.,M.D., Ph.D.,Professor of Professor of Neurobiology and Neurobiology and Developmental BiologyDevelopmental BiologyStanford UniversityStanford University•Bachelors at MITBachelors at MIT•Medical degree from Medical degree from Dartmouth Dartmouth •Taught as a woman at Taught as a woman at first first •Colleagues Colleagues comments biascomments biasFreddyInventive Capability in Women Inventive Capability in Women ExamplesExamplesInventorInventor•Emeline HartEmeline Hart•Ann Pike (others Ann Pike (others before)before)•Amanda Theodisia Amanda Theodisia JonesJonesInventionInvention•Commercial oven in 1873Commercial oven in 1873•Anti-itch ointment in 1760Anti-itch ointment in 1760•Canning and drying food Canning and drying food processprocessFreddy•First type of inventions were for kitchen (peelers, ovens, stoves, steam cookers)Why are there so few women inventors?Presenter: Julie UnsonWhy are there so few women inventors?Women have not been recorded in history.Julie UnsonWhy do we know so few?Julie UnsonReasons:•1. Time•2. Costs•3. Property of their husbands•4. Lack of expertise•5. Self-imageJulie UnsonReasons:•1. TimeExample:Time occupied by family and household chores.Julie UnsonReasons:•2. CostsExample:Housewives lack the necessary amount of funds to put into an invention.Julie UnsonReasons:•3. Property of their husbandsExample:Patents for any invention would become the property of their husbands.Julie UnsonReasons:•4. Lack of expertiseExample:Women did not have access to the same education as men did.Julie UnsonReasons:5. Self-imageExample:Recognition for achievements were once considered to be unladylike.Julie UnsonHistorical criteria for “significance”.Standards for “importance”.Julie UnsonCriteria for “significance”:•1. Technological Impact•2. Economic ImpactJulie UnsonCriteria for “significance”:•1. Technological Impact•2. Economic Impact•3. Human ImpactJulie UnsonChristin JowChristin JowChristin JowChristin JowChristin JowChristin JowChristin JowChristin JowChristin JowChristin JowChristin JowChristin JowChristin JowChristin JowWhat is the Matriarchy Perplex?A social system in which the mother is head of the family, which involves the questioning of power and status of women’s roles throughout history. Presenter: Monica AdargasWork Specialization and PowerEarly civilizations women had equality within work and power.Women did contribute slightly more work, and therefore creating more of an advantage for them.Monica AdargasWhat Changed?A male power shift occurred during the Paleolithic period due to new technology.These inventions paved the way for male specialization.Monica AdargasPower TheoryPeggy Sanday’s Theory of Power Relationships between sexes and their contribution to the Economy Monica AdargasPower TheoryWomen’s status and power relations between the sexes are best when economic work contribution is approximately equal.QuickTime™ and a decompressorare needed to see this picture.Monica AdargasKARL MARX AND CONFLICT THEORYPresenter: Steve TranKarl Marx• Published Communist Manifesto• Most famous for social conflict theory• Prophesized social rebellion by working class Steve TranClassesSteve TranSocial Conflict•Witnessed struggle between bourgeoisie and proletariat during Industrial Revolution•Foresaw uprising by working class•Class influenced by property, regardless of income or social status•Progression of society  homogenization of classes  struggle for power•Will lead to collapse of class division and eventual revolution by proletariatSteve TranTake Over TheoryTake Over TheoryPresenter: Ashley FaytolSpecializationsSpecializations•Cultivation a woman’s specializationCultivation a woman’s specialization•Population boom made dependence on agriculture Population boom made dependence on agriculture products to go upproducts to go up•Projectile WeaponsProjectile Weapons•PowerPower•ControversyControversyAshley FaytolReligionReligionWorship of a single male deityWorship of a single male deityWomen’s place became very fixedWomen’s place became very fixed•ChristianityChristianityAshley FaytolThe EndThe EndThank You!Thank