Soci 301-Lecture 5 Flashcards
Industrialization
-Factory Work
In pre-industrial times, what was the unit of production and consumption
-the family
How did industrialization affect gender
-severed women’s relationship to economy
Did the nature of marital relationships change as a result of industrialization
-yes, patriarchal structure came into play
In early American industrialism was the public-domestic dichotomy as prominent as it is now
-no, unfitness of women workers
List 2 of the 5 general categories that teach gender in Canada
1) parents
2) school
3) peers
4) media
5) sports
What category is most important to teaching gender in Canada
-parents
gender-segregated work
-concentration of women and men in different occupations
labor market segmentation
hierarchy idea for division of jobs into categories
gender-segregated work impacts both men and women
-both are kept out of certain job types
job segregation by gender is structural
-system creates inequality
Wage gap
-disparity between women’s and men’s earnings
pay equity
equal pay for work of equal value
employment equity
fully open the competition
paid work and family work
little change has occurred
What are the most obvious changes to women’s roles in society (list 2 of 4)
1) extending education
2) entering careers
3) postponing marriage
4) postponing child bearing
Have there been changes in the level of attitude for women’s changing roles?
yes, greater emphasis on the personal side
Has there been changes in the labor force
yes, women are increasing labor force participation
Are men on board with changes in women’s roles
yes, many are joining feminist movements
What is the second shift
women are choosing to work part-time
Purpose of sociological definition for religion
bring order to social phenomena
functional definition of religion
set of beliefs for ultimate questions
substantive definition of religion
beliefs concerned with supernatural powers
cultural universal
practice found in all societies
are people becoming less religious
no, everyone needs a system of meaning
why does religion continue to live on
people require systems of meaning
truism
everybody thinks their religion is correct
within religion there are two system of thought, what are they
- those with supernatural reference
- those without
social functions of religion (list 2 of 5)
1) empowers
2) integrates
3) interprets
4) regulates
5) represents or mirrors
what form do women’s responses to gender inequalities in organized religion typically take (list 2 of 4)
1) abandonment
2) radical transformation
3) reshape
4) reframe
abandonment (women’s responses to gender inequalities in organized religion typically take)
religions need to be left; too broken to be fixed
radical transformation (women’s responses to gender inequalities in organized religion typically take)
develop women-only spaces
reshape (women’s responses to gender inequalities in organized religion typically take)
develop reinterpretations
reframe (women’s responses to gender inequalities in organized religion typically take)
rework oppressive doctrines
how important is religion in the lives of women who take part in world religions
more than men
how do we view the changing role of women in religion in current times
varies based on each religion
Christianity
majority of women are christian in USA
Islam
largely male dominated
evangelicalism
salvation through jesus
traditionalist women
mothers and homemakers
moderate women
believe in headship and submission
feminist women
reject submission and headship
promise keepers
men’s patriarchal movement
what belief underlies menstrual taboos
contact with menstrual blood is polluting
how should menstrual taboos best be interpreted
through a specific frame of reference
do menstrual taboos clearly affirm gender inequality
no, can be found in egalitarian societies
do people restrict menstruating women’s activities or avoid contact with them because the women are considered powerful or polluting
polluting
Does blood have dual meaning
yes
(list 1 of 2)
men: death, then life
women:life, then death (danger)
