GENDER EQUALITY: PROBLEMS‚ STRATEGIES AND SOLUTIONS Mari Teigen Institute for Social Research Bergen‚ 20. september 2012 Outline • Problems • Strategies • Solutions Institutt for samfunnsforskning www.samfunnsforskning.no The Principle of Gender Equality • Parity Participation / Everyones right to participate on an equal footing • • • Economical participation Cultural participation Political participation • Multi-dimensionality Institutt for samfunnsforskning
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My First Memory of Gender I always knew that I was a girl. Mainly because everyone was always telling me that. I never truly got what the difference between what made a guy and guy and what made a girl and girl until sex education in the fifth grade‚ which is a terrible thing to learn about that young. But‚ my first memory of the fact that I was female and that truly made a difference was when I was in the second grade. I was in a Christian school at the time and I was the top seller during one
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Society plays a big role in constructing the gender of a female and male. Do we become who we are as individuals because we are born a female and male or do we accumulate traits as we grow up? As we grow up we are expected to do certain things as part of our gender rule. In today’s society‚ Mass media production like magazines‚ video games‚ movies‚ and clothing influences many young males and females. Heteronormativity is the view that emphasizes the difference between a man and woman. As an assumption
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Gender Inequality Gender Inequality is the differences in the status‚ power and prestige women and men have in groups‚ collectivities and societies. Gender inequality usually affects women more than men due to the status in society. Many women are affected in the workforce due to gender inequalities‚ in many countries such as Iraq and Afghanistan women are held at a lower position to men. In countries such as those‚ women are thought of as property other than human beings. Why does gender inequality
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Gender Stereotypes in a Commercial An advertisements intended use might be to sell a product in the grand scheme; however gender stereotypes are often embedded to attract a particular market and indirectly set the social norm. These gender stereotypes are found in commercials‚ TV shows‚ music videos and billboards. Men and women are depicted to behave a certain way in society‚ and have a certain attitude to differentiate genders. This shapes the way men and women should act in society‚ and creates
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Jasmine Smith Even today you can take a look around and see gender bias. In the music video called “Love Me” by Lil Wayne that features artists‚ Drake and Future‚ women are locked up in cages and the ones who aren’t‚ are posing in a very sexual manner‚ all being portrayed as obscene objects for men’s pleasure. Clearly the men have a dominating role and full power in the music video. The rappers hint that their happiness in life and in a relationship is based on their own pleasure where a woman should
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INTRODUCTION TO GENGER RELATIONSHIPS IN UNIVERSITIES Gender refers to the socially constructed roles‚ behaviours‚ activities‚ and attributes that a given society considers appropriate for men and women. Most people usually confuse between the two terms‚ gender and sex. Sex refers to the biological and physiological characteristics that define men and women. For better clarification "Male" and "female" are sex categories‚ while "masculine" and "feminine" are gender categories. Aspects of sex will not vary substantially
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The term gender role refers to the set of social and behavioral norms that are considered appropriate for individuals of a certain gender. Gender roles unlike gender itself are socially constructed. They may reflect the natural aspirations of the gender or they may be manipulated. In modern American society‚ the roles of gender are indeed manipulated by society itself‚ forcing expectations and standards on that particular gender to fit the accepted criterion. Women are held back by society’s
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Gender and Family By: Sherrica Newburn CJS 230 Gender and Family As juvenile delinquency continues to be a growing problem in America‚ research and analysis have shown that gender and family can have a huge impact on juvenile delinquency. When it comes to gender‚ many differences take place during the development and socialization in the male and female causing different juvenile offending patterns. Changes in family structures will also have implications on socialization for both male
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Gender Preference Nowadays‚ most people have accepted many new ideas‚ such as couples living together before marriage‚ men staying home as home-husbands and divorce. However‚ in developing countries‚ a significant proportion of the population are still holding a very serious preference for male offspring and yearning to have a male baby‚ despite the fact that females can take care of their parents physically and psychologically far better than their male peers. It is worth looking into the
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