Nick 8/03/2008 Sociology Social Differentiation: Gender Social Differentiation is a normal occurrence for every man, woman, and child on the earth. It is almost impossible to socially differentiate someone without gender being a factor. Gender defines a huge part of the human perception and someone’s possible role in society. Over the years it’s progressively becoming more acceptable for women and men to “interchange roles”; but social differentiation is not necessarily all sexist or demeaning there is some undisputable facts. Such as women can not perform manual work as well as men, on the other hand, a man’s entire chemistry is different allowing him to be less emotional than a woman.
That is not to say that there is not a sense of equality, but based on my personal observations a female has the tendency to be more capable of carrying out and following through with tasks more than a man. In regards to education, I believe that females have more success in reading and writing while males are better capable of understanding math. I suppose the reasoning for the success in math is based on my opinion that males are more apt to trigger into their ability to problem solve. Hyde’s
The question to be looked at is ‘What does it mean to be a woman?’Although there has been some progress in the past 30 years, particularly in women’s education and employment equality, there are still many inequalities and also more inconspicuous issues affecting the women of today including domestic violence and rape and sexual abuse and I would like to look further into this. So, what does it mean to be female in today’s society? Though there has been some improvement in gender equality, women are still oppressed. Today’s women earn one-tenth of the worlds income, occupy only 18% of seats in the worlds parliaments, comprise two-thirds of the exploited informal workforce, and for women aged 15-44 gender violence accounts for more deaths and disability than cancer, malaria, traffic accidents and war (World Health Organisation 2005). Studies show women are paid less even when doing the same job with the same experience as their male counterparts
Women had an inadequate amount of freedom and were expected to conform to the ideologies of society. Antigone’s gender is a major part of the tragedy, her gender affects not only the meaning of her actions, but the consequences as well. In Ancient Greece, the role of men was viewed as more significant than the role of women. Antigone and her sister, Ismene, were very unlike eachother. Ismene was the ideal Greek woman and was the complete opposite of Antigone.
If the public would get more physically fit they would have less health issues such as high blood pressure, high blood sugar, high cholesterol, and heart disease. Against: 1. There would be a higher cost due to issues of having to check people’s physical fitness. 2. The doctors would be busier due to everyone having to have a physical to get the discounts.
Gender schema theory in simple terms is concerned with children and how they learn what it is to be female and male. This is achieved through observation, processing of new information and the retrieval of information stored in cognitive structures. This process begins in early childhood and the culture in which the child inhabits will determine the behavioural and emotional roles that are considered appropriate for women and men. Gender polarisation is a concept by Sandra Bem that postulates, characteristics of femininity and masculinity are mutually exclusive for example the behaviours and attitudes of men are seen as inappropriate for women. Conversely the behaviours and attitudes of women are seen as inappropriate to men.
The general rules for a boy and a girl growing up to become future men and women are similar, in terms of the purpose of parental standards in setting rules, and the perceptions and rules society places on one is to construct a child into a well-mannered adult. People abide by the rules of gender roles to avoid drawn conclusions, judgments and to set how they would want to be perceived by others in a society. In Brent Staples' essay, "A Black Man Ponders His Ability to Alter Public Space," and Jamaica Kincaid's short story, "Girl," the authors show two different perspectives of gender roles, covering what was and is expected from a girl in society and the way one looks upon an individual for the way one dresses or looks. Because of the impact that society and the media has towards men and women, women are separated by the categories of "lady" and the "slut" and men are separated by the labels of "macho" and the "gentleman." In today's society, gender roles are placed to separate individuals, furthermore motivating one into preventing certain perceptions by living a lifestyle that compliments how they would want to be perceived by others.
The androgyne, or androgynous person, does not neatly fit into a female or male gender role; she or he can comfortably express the qualities of both genders. Parents and other socializing agents can teach their children to be androgynous, just as they can teach them to be gender‐biased. Emerging as a powerful sociopolitical force beginning in the 1960s, the
It is outrageous that one gender has bigger rights to something so crucial, significant and basic as education. In South Asia, it is common that boys go to school and girls stay at home and work. Women are treated as slaves with no rights only responsibilities. Girls have no perspective apart from marriage, in which there many times victims of sexual, emotional and psychical violence. It is obvious to me, that we should support female education, not only because it empowers equality but because it gives women the power to make choices to live like they want to, not how they are told
Who’s to say that just because you are male you have to act manly and if you are female you must be girly? The media, for one. It’s obvious that there is no clear, solid line between masculinity and femininity, but not for the media. It likes to show men who are strong, athletic, and independent. They have commercials for men that are rather neutral in emotion, or with fast-paced action.