A. ROLE OF GENDER AND EMPLOYMENT IN INDUSTRIAL AND POST INDUSTRIAL 1 SOCIETIES IN RELATION TO POWER 1 1.0 INTRODUCTION 1 2.0 GENDER DEFINED 1 3.0 ASPECTS OF GENDER 2 4.0 GENDER AND POWER RELATIONS 2 4.1 Patriarchy System 2 4.2 Biological aspect 3 5.0 INEQUALITIES IN EMPLOYMENT 3 5.1 Altitude towards women in the workforce 3 5.2 The industrial and post industrial societies 4 6.0 CONCLUSION 5 LIST OF SOURCES 7 Assignment Questions A. Discuss the role of gender and employment
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Structures of Racial and Gender Inequality Different theorists have used different things to look at race and gender inequalities. Gilman looked at evolutionary theory; Du Bois looked at cultural oppression. Chafetz’s theory is kind of a response to Gilman’s theory. Chafetz looks at the idea structural‚ there are structures working and this organization also keeps women at a disadvantaged. The individuals are not as important as the structures. Wilson see’s race the same way Chafetz sees gender‚ through
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Racial inequality is regrettably imbedded in the history of the United States. Americans like to think of the American colonies as the start or founding of the quest for freedom‚ initially‚ the ending of religious oppression and later political and economic liberty. Yet‚ from the start‚ the fabric of American society was equally founded on brutal forms of supremacy‚ inequality and oppression which involved the absolute denial of freedom for slaves. This is one of the great paradoxes of American history
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Racial and Gender Inequality Functionalist Theory Racial inequality evaluated through the functionalist theory would be looked at to provide a function to the working system of a society. One function for racial inequality could be that the inferior race‚ prefers or needs direction by the dominant race. This was a common view in the enslavement of blacks in the south before the civil war. Another functionalist view might try to explain that the inferior race is in fact dangerous to mix with the
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whole people‚ time progressed and gave way to opportunities to acquire legal aid in the crusade for racial equality. With the ability to utilize the court system‚ its formalities‚ and ultimately its power to enact national laws‚ blacks were able to win civil rights litigations‚ thus making advancements as a race. Black American ’s allegiance to the court system represents their lack of economic and political power and influence (Bell‚ p.59). From the perspective of Durkheim‚ the court represents
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WHAT IS GENDER Many times when people talk of gender‚ they are always referring to women. It is rare for people to talk of gender when there are only men without a lady or when there are only women without a man. However the actual meaning of gender is the social attributes and the opportunities associated with being male and female and also the relationships between women and men and the relationship that exist between girls and boys‚ as well as the relations between women themselves and those
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large issue circulating around the globe and that is racial inequality. Alas‚ this particular issue has been present for an abundance amount of time; and the only difference between racial inequality in the past and in the present is slavery has been abolished in North America. Yet‚ there are a considerable number of people who are supporting racial equality in the United States. It might seem difficult‚ but it is a possible task to attain racial equality in the land of dreams. In many different
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differentiation. Gender‚ age‚ ethnicity‚ social class and disability are some of the main types of differentiation. Societies also have stratas or layers of individuals with different social importance‚ wealth and status; this is known as stratification. The result of stratification and differentiation is that people have different life chances in the course of their lives; whether a person will have good or bad life chances depends on where a person is in the social hierarchy. In addition‚ inequalities are also
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Racial Inequality in Master Harold In the play "Master Harold" and the boys and the novel The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn‚ a common theme of racial inequality is conveyed through the main characters of both narrations. Both the novel and the play’s central characters are a young white boy and an older Negro worker. The authors of these two works send out significant messages about how misleading racial discrimination is. Through the representation of Jim and Sam in the young boys life‚
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““GENDER INEQUALITY AND WOMEN IN INDIA” Md Shakil Anjum In India‚ since long‚ women were considered as an oppressed section of the society and they were neglected for centuries. During national struggle for independence‚ Mahatma Gandhi gave a call of emancipation of women. Men and women are both equal and both play vital role in the creation and development of their families in particular and society in general. Indeed the struggle for legal equality
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