Cohen / GENDER DIVISION GENDER & SOCIETY / April 2004 10.1177/0891243203262037 OF LABOR THE GENDER DIVISION OF LABOR “Keeping House” and Occupational Segregation in the United States PHILIP N. COHEN University of California‚ Irvine This article explores the effect of women’s movement into the labor market on the gender segregation of work‚ using the Current Population Survey from 1972 to 1993. The author includes as working those respondents who were “keeping house” and codes keeping house as
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July 25‚ 2013 American Literature II The Interpretation of Gender in Late 19th Century American Literature In the late 19th Century‚ America experienced it’s most "gilded era‚" so to speak‚ in non-traditional women’s literature encompassing new inquiries into of gender freedom and equality. A common element of several of the works from this time period focused on themes of the Cult of True Womanhood and non-traditional parent-child relationships. The stories also make light of some gruesome
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Gender Mainstreaming: Taking Action‚ Getting Results Outline Gender approach‚ gender analysis and consideration of gender- sensitive indicators are required for developing gender-sensitive programs and achieving the goals of gender equity and equality. I. Definitions of gender blindness‚ equality‚ equity and bias. II. The most important events in evolution of gender and development approaches. III. The role of gender analysis in gender mainstreaming
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(Eds.)‚ Encyclopedia of Sociology‚ Revised Edition. New York: Macmillan. Introduction Femininity and masculinity or one ’s gender identity (Burke‚ Stets and Pirog-Good 1988; Spence 1985) refers to the degree to which persons see themselves as masculine or feminine given what it means to be a man or woman in society. Femininity and masculinity are rooted in the social (one ’s gender) rather than the biological (one ’s sex). Societal members decide what being male or female means (e.g.‚ dominant or passive
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According to graph 1‚ the mode of gender was 1. In that case the number one represented the female participants. Clearly there were many more female respondents than male. 72.5% of respondents were female while 15.5% were males. 12.1% did not report their gender. Both graph #2 and table #1 illustrate the dependent variable of using alcohol as a coping strategy. The median of using alcohol as a coping mechanism for stress was 1. In this case‚ 1 reflects to category of “none”. This means that the median
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are many prevalent themes throughout the play‚ Streetcar Named Desire‚ by Tennessee Williams. One major theme of the play is femininity vs. masculinity. The main characters‚ Blanche DuBois‚ and Stella and Stanley Kowalski reflect the stereotypical gender roles. Stella and Stanley’s dysfunctional relationship faces even more complications when Stella’s sister‚ Blanche moves in temporarily. Throughout the course of this play‚ the Kowalski relationship is proven to be very unhealthy‚ due to Stella’s
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CHAPTER 1 THE PROBLEM AND ITS SCOPE Rationale Gender role is one of the crucial top issues of today in politics‚ workplaces‚ institutions‚ and even in the world of religion. They determine how males and females should think‚ speak‚ dress‚ and interact within the context of society. Basically‚ the problem is deep-set values and opinions buried under the surface of our society. Mead (1963) proved it to be true. He carried out groundbreaking research on gender. He studied the three societies in New Guinea
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read closely can be considered a tad confusing with its surprising shifts in emotion and unforeseeable end. The point of view of this story is third person omniscient limited‚ which is proved by our ‘fly on the wall’ view and aided by a knowledge of Louise Mallard’s thoughts and feelings. In reality‚ while point of view is overlooked much of the time‚ any other point of view would change the readers’ interpretations of “The Story of
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In the novel Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe‚ the roles that men and women portray is very gender based. Women do what the women do‚ and the men do what the men do. No one helps the other get things accomplished. The roles that women portray are: taking care of the children‚ cooking for the family‚ and staying around the house to clean. On the other side of it‚ the men have to provide food and shelter‚ rule their clan‚ take several wives‚ and gain many different titles among the men in the
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perhaps an event or particular incident‚ brothers always seem to have some common thing they can share and identify with‚ which brings them closer and acts as the foundation for their relationship. For Lyman and Henry‚ the narrator and his brother in Louise Erdrich’s short story “The Red Convertible”‚ it was a red Oldsmobile convertible that they shared‚ and it was that car that brought them closer together. They purchased the car together in Winnipeg‚ drove all over the country one summer together
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