G&S PART 1 2QUARTER Flashcards
AVERAGE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE
REMUNERATION FOR MEN AND WOMEN WHO
ARE WORKING. WOMEN ARE GENERALLY
CONSIDERED TO BE PAID LESS THAN MEN.
GENDER PAY GAP
Women could inherit property.
1922
Sexual harassment is a legal term that refers to
unsolicited verbal or physical behaviour of a
sexual nature (Encyclopaedia Britannica, 2018). It
includes any sexually motivated behaviour that
the recipient finds offensive. Women and girls can
be victims of sexual harassment in the home, the
workplace, in school, and the larger community,
among other places
SEXUAL ASSAULT
DISPROPORTIONATE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE SEXES. CONVENTIONAL WISDOM IS THAT DIFFERENCES BETWEEN BOYS AND GIRLS IN MATH AND SCIENCE ARE NOT A MATTER OF BIOLOGY; ANY OBSERVABLE DIFFERENCES ARE
INFLUENCES OF THE SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT.
GENDER GAP
EFFECTS OF GENDER INEQUALITY
-Mental health issues
-Lower fertility rates
- Increased rate of illiteracy higher suicide rate
-Low standard of living
- Violation of rights
: Women allowed to borrow in their own name.
1980
Discrimination based on gender (or sex) is a
common civil rights violation that takes many
forms, including sexual harassment,
pregnancy discrimination, and unequal pay
for women who do the same jobs as men.
GENDER
DISCRIMINATION
Women and men have equal conditions for realizing their full human rights and for contributing to, and benefiting from economic, social, cultural and political development.
Gender equality
THERE ARE TWO DISTINCT NUMBERS REGARDING THE
PAY GAP: _________ vs ___________
THE LATTER TYPICALLY TAKES INTO ACCOUNT
DIFFERENCES IN OCCUPATIONS CHOSEN, EDUCATION
AND JOB EXPERIENCE. IN THE UNITED STATES, FOR
EXAMPLE, THE NON-ADJUSTED AVERAGE FEMALE’S
ANNUAL SALARY IS ____ OF THE AVERAGE MALE
SALARY, COMPARED TO ____ FOR THE ADJUSTED
AVERAGE SALARY.
NON-ADJUSTED VERSUS ADJUSTED PAY GAP.
79%
95%
: Women became ‘persons’ by law.
1929
describes the
situation in which people are treated
differently simply because they are male or
female, rather than on the basis of their
individual skills or capabilities.
GENDER
DISCRIMINATION
Women could become lawyers.
1920
A woman seeking the right to vote through organized protest.
Suffragettes
THE TERM “GENDER GAP” IN ECONOMICS REFERS
TO _____________ BETWEEN MEN AND
WOMEN IN LABOR MARKET OUTCOMES,
INCLUDING WORKFORCE PARTICIPATION RATES,
OCCUPATIONAL CHOICES, AND INCOME OR WAGE
LEVELS. THESE DISPARITIES, A FOCUS OF THE
WOMEN’S MOVEMENT IN THE 1960S AND 1970S,
HAVE BEEN STUDIED BY ECONOMISTS SINCE THE
1890S.
SYSTEMATIC DIFFERENCES
is the prejudice or discrimination based on
sex, especially in the form of discrimination
against women. (Miriam Webster)
It can also mean the unfair treatment of
people based on their sex or gender.
SEXISM
CAUSES OF GENDER INEQUALITY
Rigid Cultures and traditions
Patriarchal society
Religious matters
Marriage laws
Bad mentality
Educational level and illiteracy
Stereotypes
: It becomes illegal for a husband to rape his wife.
1994
This acknowledges that men and women are not equal and that gender affects an individual’s lived experience. It is experienced differently across cultures.
GENDER INEQUALITY
is a legal term that refers to unsolicited
verbal or physical behaviour of a sexual
nature (Encyclopaedia Britannica, 2018).
It includes any sexually motivated
behaviour that the recipient finds
offensive.
SEXUAL
HARASSMENT
a term of art referring to relatively
unconscious and relatively automatic
features of prejudiced judgment and
Social behaviour.
IMPLICIT BIAS/
IMPLICIT SEXISM
It is quite the opposite of gender equality. In simple words, it is defined as _______ against women based on their sex. i.e. women are considered as the weaker sex in the society.
discrimination
: Equal Pay Act makes it illegal to pay women at different rates.
1970
OBSERVED THAT IN WESTERN CULTURE (2016), THE WOMEN ARE
BGENERALLY EXPECTED TO WEAR LESS CLOTHING THAN MEN.
- SUGGESTED THAT THIS PRESSURE CONTRIBUTED TO WIDESPREAD
FEMALE BODY DISSATISFACTION, LEADING TO DEPRESSION, EATING
DISORDERS, AND COSMETIC SURGERY.
ALLISON JOSEPHS
EXAMPLES OF GENDER INEQUALITY
- Forbidden from driving
-Lack of legal rights
-Feminization of poverty
-Access to education
-Right to travel
-Professional obstacles - Violence against women
- Infant life expectancy
-Representation in government
-Female fOeticide and infanticide
11. Honour killing
IT IS THE DIFFERENCE IN THE AMOUNT OF SKIN THAT MEN AND WOMEN
ARE EXPECTED TO SHOW IN THE SAME SOCIAL SETTING. THE TERM WAS
COINED BY ALLISON JOSEPH’S OF “JEW IN THE CITY”
SKIN GAP
He penned in 1776 the quotation “all men are created equal” this is to imply that everyone has its own rights.
Thomas Jefferson
