Gender Inequality Flashcards
1
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Paid and Unpaid Labour
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- men earn more than women
- women do more unpaid labour
- channel women towards lower paying jobs and domestic labour
2
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Horizontal Occupational sex Segregation
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- jobs for men vs. women
- many jobs have more men than women and within these they have different advancements and higher pay
- typical male jobs are higher paid than typical female jobs
3
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Vertical Occupational sex Segregation
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- variation in pay in same occupation
- female lawyers paid less than male lawyers
- men often given advantages within the same occupation to achieve more pay
4
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Impacts of Unpaid Labour
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- even in dual income families the women does more unpaid labour
- second shift: impact health emotionally and physically
- narrowing (men doing more women doing less - nannies increase)
- more educated women leads to less time for housework
- support for cultural theory of gender differences
- when asked they say work is equal
5
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Health in Marriage
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- tends to benefit men’s health
- women’s caregiving provides protective health benefit for men but not their own
6
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Women’s Movement
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Political campaigns for reforms on issues such as reproductive rights, domestic violence, maternity leave, equal pay, women’s suffrage, sexual harassment, and sexual violence
(early wave)
7
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Equal Rights Feminists
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“suffrage”
- education
- economic rights
- legal rights in family law and child custody
8
Q
Maternal Rights Feminists
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“moral crusades and social services”
- argued women are naturally superior to men in morality
- prohibition movement
9
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Second Wave Feminism
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- sexual revolution
- women’s freedom: availability of contraception and abortion
- “the personal is political” meaning they realized many personal private problems were bigger political problems as many dealt with the same
- social structures and institutions were being questioned
10
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Third Wave Feminism
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- focus on diversity
- recognizing intersecting inequalities
- realize women face many different types of discrimination
- backlash
11
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Liberal Feminism
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- public sphere, equality of opportunity
- political and economical
- education and labour market
- fought for equal pay and hiring policies
- most influential type of feminism especially in Canada
- but fails to address inequalities in private sphere and not inclusive of all women (helps those in the labour market already rather than those who aren’t)
12
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Radical Feminism
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- private sphere such as violence, sexuality and reproduction
- patriarchy: men’s control over women in intimate relationships
- provide reproductive choices like contraception and abortion
- but patriarchy is controversial as not all men are oppressive and also doesn’t look at public sphere
13
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Marxist Feminist Theory
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- say capitalism is source of women’s oppression
- empower women by eliminating oppression
- women’s unpaid labour supports capitalism
- focused on social class but not other inequalities
14
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Socialist Feminist Theory
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- capitalism and patriarchy
- we value in radical feminist ideas
- writers agree with Marxism and radical
15
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Violence against women: sociological perspective
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- women more likely victimized by men because men are typically physically stronger
male violence is rooted in gender inequality - men believe they have power and dominance
- sexual assault used as a tool of domination
