1、Gender Stratification,Why do we study gender stratification?,Gender stratification,Society divides people into males & femalesDistributes life chances disproportionately between males & females!,Gender Stratification,What are the examples of disproportionate distribution of life chances between the
2、gender in our society?,Gender Stratification,The difference betweenSEXGENDER,Difference between,Sex BiologicalXX vs XY Innate,natural differences Gender(gender role) Expected behavior (how one is to behave?) Cultural/Social (artificial creation by society),Gender role socialization,How do we learn t
3、o behave in accordance to our sex?Media, family, school (education), religion,Basis of gender difference,Mead Arapesh-no gender roleM&W alike(feminine) Mundugumor-no gender roleM&W alike (Masculine) Tchambuli-gender roleMen are feminine & women are masculine,Conclusions,What is the basis of gender r
4、ole?Biological?Cultural/social?,Gender Stratification,FunctionalismConflictInteraction,Functionalism,Parsons & Bales Expressive roleInstrumental role,Instrumental & Expressive Role,Expressive: Caring, compassionate, cooperative Instrumental: Aggressive, competitive, assertive,Conflict,Unequal powerM
5、arxsbourgeoisie & proletariatWomen as oppressed majority or minority!,Conflict,Sexism (attitude)ideology of superiority of menDiscrimination (Institutional) denying life chances as normal operation (everyday practice),Interaction,Conversation styles show male/female differencesWhat does it mean? (It is for you to decide),Women in the USA/World wide,Unequal status around the worldFeminization of povertyIncome differences between mens & womens jobGlass ceiling,Status of women,Hochschindsecond shiftMinority womenwomen first or race/ethnicity first,
