Today in class we discussed gender, sex and the differences between each term.Gender: social, cultural, psychological traits linked to males and females through particular social contexts.
Sex: differentiating males and females biologically using their genitalia as the main determinant.
In class we also discussed gender inequality which is the systematic disparity in rights, opportunities, access to goods based on gender.
Glass ceiling: an unacknowledged barrier prohibiting a rise in positions of power or responsibility for women.
Glass escalator: an unofficial fast track promotion typically related to males in female dominated professions.
Finally, we discussed the women’s movement. The Seneca Falls Convention occurred in 1848 and discussed the idea of women’s equality and suffrage. Women finally received the right to vote in the United States in 1920.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mSLp5UbCU_Q
ReplyDeleteThis defines the glass escalator... which seems like an interesting topic. You usually think of females fighting to make their way in a male-dominated work field. Vice versa, is something I've never thought about before, but males definitely would find it somewhat difficult I would imagine, working as a chef or teacher for example.