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| Biological, physical characteristics |
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| Primary sex characteristics |
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| Secondary sex characteristics |
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| Broad shoulders and muscle mass in males, voice change- breasts and menstruation in females. |
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| Distinction can’t be made between male or female |
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| Biologically they are either male or female, but they feel like the opposite sex. They often feel that they are trapped in the wrong body |
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| Dressing as the opposite sex. Male who lives as a woman or female who lives as a male but does not alter the genitalia |
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| Who you are physically and emotionally attracted to |
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| Fear of and often times a dread of gays, lesbians, bisexuals |
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| thought to be socially constructed- what it means to be male and what it means to be female |
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| Expected behavior for males and females. Females: weaker than males, mothering, milder and meeker. Male: masculine, be strong. |
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| Belief that one sex is superior to the other |
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| Often physically treat their children differently. Boys: wrestle with them, speak to them a little firmer, buy them boy toys. Girls: cuddle them, comfort them, handle and speak to them more gently, get them dolls. Boys get toys that remove them from the home (basketball, football) while girls often get toys to use around the house (kitchen set, sweeper, doll swing and crib) |
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| Our peers try to keep us in line by gender. Call each other names or make fun of those who veer from the norm |
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| Teachers are more apt to help the girls and let boys work out the solutions by themselves. Teachers often expect girls be more quiet than boys |
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| Title IX. Sports became more equal in academic settings. Coaches of women’s sports may be 50% male coaches, but not many men’s teams have female coaches |
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| Media presenting men and women the way we think they should be. We set high beauty standards for women but many can’t reach these goals. |
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| Media causes women to determine their own self worth based on their appearance, and men to want a trophy wife and too treat women as though they are a prize of sorts. It also teaches women to use their beauty to get what they want. |
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| Gendered Division of Paid Work |
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| The more income and prestige associate with a job, the less apt it is to be filled by a female. Women typically earn .79 for every $1 dollar a male earns. The jobs females hold may get paid less than the jobs that males often hold. |
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| Refers to females not getting past middle management positions. They can see the position that they want, but they don’t often receive those positions. It is as though they bang their head on an invisible ceiling and get knocked back down every time they try to move up in the company. |
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| Pay Equity (comparable worth) |
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| pay males and females the same for doing the same work and allow females positions that they deserve |
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| both people are working, women spend more of their time doing housework and childcare when they get home. (SECOND SHIFT) Housework may need to be done everyday or every other day. Changing oil in the car and mowing the lawn is more a once a week or once in awhile job. |
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85% of the time it is females who suffer from sexual harassment (had gestures, dirty jokes, pinching).
Why? Males are often in a position of power in the workplace.
Males are typically stronger than women.
We sometimes see men’s aggressiveness or dirty joking as just being something that males do. It’s a guy thing and not a really big deal. |
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| Someone doesn’t feel safe. Dirty jokes that are offensive |
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| Something in exchange for something else. Sleep with me or you will never get that promotion. Go out with me or you will lose your job. |
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| Sexual images in mass media, movies, films, commercials. Traditionally seen as a moral issue (right and wrong) but now also seen as a power issue. Harmful to women- makes them appear weak and undeserving of respect, dehumanizes them, objectifies them to being seen as an object, not a human being. It is easier to harm someone or use them if no thought is given to their humanness or their feelings. Also, porn is thought by many to promote sexual aggression and violence toward women. |
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| Conflict Perspectives & Feminist Perspectives |
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| Inequality between males and females. Males often have more power and control, more opportunity, more access to resources. |
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| Asks that males and females be treated as equals, not asking for women to receive special treatment. |
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| WHO IS THREATNED BY FEMINISM? |
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Men and women
Males would have to give up some of their power and privilege if women were treated equally. Some women are content to stay home with children and let the males make the decisions because it relieves them of having to make choices. |
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Rape is an issue of power and control. Majority of time it is violence against women. Men are raped by other males (most often in prison setting) – used to humiliate.
Truth about date rape- women do not ask to be raped-
Typically, females know or are acquainted with the person who rapes them- She may know of them, i.e., a friend of her brother, seen him in the library, etc. |
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