Lesson 2: Gender and Sexuality Across Time Flashcards
the scaredness of the women due to her ability to conceive children (women are treated equally with men)
Divine Feminine
men and women have equitable power and roles
Egalitarian Society
role of fatherhood during the Agricultural Era (discovery of this changed how society view women and men)
Paternity
the sacredness of the woman due to her ability to conceive children)
divine feminine
social system where men primarily holds power in the political and the private spheres
patriarchy
Societies have privileged men over other genders in the
productive sphere (world of public world)
while women have been revered as they are solely capable only of
reproductive affairs (world of home)
Gender disparity intensified during i
industrial era (men are preferred than women)
is one of the invisible layers of oppression in our society – a system based on the control and oppression of women wherein they are perceived to be the weaker sex.
patriarchy
GREEK word “PATRIAKHES”
the rule of the father
What is the expectation of the patriarchal society
men rules and women obey
only men can inherit property and the family name.
Patrilineal Society
viewed women as inferior and whose job was to obey their husbands, bear children, take care of household, and forbidden to study (Plato, Aristotle etc.)
Greek
women in Egypt enjoyed higher social status however, later influenced by Greek during the conquests of Alexander the Great
Egypt
women should obey their father, when married she is to obey her husband, and when widowed she is to obey her son
China
Three obedience’s and four virtues and Precepts of women
Confucianism
prejudice, stereotypes, and discrimination based on
sex
Sexism
men earn more than women
Gender pay gap
Women Empowerment: Famous Figures
- Simone de Beauvoir (The Second Sex)
- Betty Friedan (The Feminine Mystique)
- Kate Miller (Sexual Politics)
- Garmaine Greer (The Female Eunuch)
• Sought the right of education, work, and vote in 1940’s
• Won women’s right to decide on their own bodies and their
sexualities
Le Mouvement de Liberation des Femmes or women’s liberation movement was formed in Europe
right to vote; debunking that women are “irrational and temperamental”
women suffrage
woman should be in control of her body (i.e., contraception, abortion, and other reproductive options available)
reproductive rights
such as marital rape and physical abuse are often dismissed by society as part of a “marriage” (away mag-asawa)
Domestic violence
The Center of Women’s Resources in the Philippines estimates that one woman or child is raped every hourmostlybysomeonetheyknow.
sexual harassment and sexual violence
What are the Feminism movement: Salient Points of Demands
- Women suffrage
- Equality in politics and society: to represent the voice of women
- Reproductive Rights
- Domestic violence
- Sexual harassment and sexual violence
- Other rights include the right to divorce their husbands, the right to make decisions on her pregnancy, equitable wages, and equal employment opportunity.
