Gender

Sex and Gender

Sex
oBiological
oPhysiological
oMen and Women

 Gender
o Socially constructed
roles
o Behaviors
o Activities
o Society

Current Stereotypes
Men

Women

Physically aggressive

Empathetic

Not show emotions

Transparent with emotions

Casual Sex

Emotional with sex

Office

House

Feminist Movement
First Wave
o Focus on suffrage
Second Wave
o Equal rights
o Institutional Gains
Third Wave
o Challenge the idea of femininity

Criticisms
There is no unified
cause
o What is the
feminist movement
There is no more need
for the movement

Responses
1) There is no unified cause
oEqual rights and opportunities
oWomen are not homogenous
2) There is no more need
oLie

Inequality in the
Workplace
1) Pay gap: $266 a week
overall difference
between what men and
women in full-time work
earn

2) Maternity leave:
60 days for normal delivery and 78
days for those went through
caesarian
o Employers Confederation of the
Philippines: Suicide for women

3) Glass ceilings: unseen yet

unbreachable barrier that keeps
women from rising to the upper rungs
of the corporate ladder
o Fortune 500, only 23 CEOs are women.
o Fortune 1000, 46 CEOs
Mary Barra GM #7
Meg Whitman HP #15
Virginia Rometty, IBM #20

Slut Shaming
making the person feel guilty
or inferior for certain sexual
behaviors that are contrary
to traditional or religious law

 2005 Australian Muslim Preacher Feiz

Mohammad No one to blame but herself.
She displayed her beauty to the entire
world.. Strapless, backless, sleeveless,
showing their legs, nothing but satanic
skirts all this to tease man and appeal to
his carnal nature

 Rape in India 2012: Banwari Lal Singhal

asked that girls be banned from wearing
skirts to schools. While Vijayvargiya stated
that women should not cross moral
limits
Audrie Pott: 15 year old. Sexually
assaulted and pictures were sent around.
A week later, suicide.

 Slut shaming rape culture

Rape culture: Concept that links rape
and sexual violence to the culture of
a society in which prevalent attitudes
and practices normalize, excuse,
tolerate and even condone rape
Victim blaming

Rape

2 in 3 rapes are
committed by
someone who knows
the victim
Sexual assault
involves planning and
risk- they dont attack
the first sight of flesh

Sexual Trafficking
Trade in humans
for the purpose
of sexual
slavery, forced
labor or sexual
exploitation
800,000 women

How does it happen?

Some are lured with
legitimate and legal work
Promised marriage
Educational opportunities
Some are sold by loved ones

Why are women the

target?
Idea of
sexualization
oSex tourism
Patriarchy

Feminist Movement: Context

Specific
Iceland: politics, education,
employment and health indicators
Rwanda: Majority of
parliamentarians. 45/80 seats
Thailand: greatest percentage of
women in senior management
(45%)

 Saudi Arabia:
o Women cannot drive: depend on men
for mobility
o Women2drive movement

LGBT

Lesbian
Gay
Bisexual
Transgender

Goals
Equal rights
Challenging dominant
constructions of
masculinity, femininity,
homophobia,
heteronomativity

Arizona

Blood Donation

Job Application

Existence

Intersectionality
Study of discriminative
institutions on disenfranchised
groups and the way these
groups are interconnected

Men
Take on dangerous jobs
Forced fatherhood

 TH, as a feminist, would

oppose products marketed to
help women protect
themselves from date rape.

THBT the feminist movement should

support online dating websites which
romantically link rich men and
attractive females.