HOW PERCEPTIONS OF BEAUTY AND OTHER ELEMENTS OF SOCIAL LIFE COMBINE TO FORM A SYSTEM THAT GIVES MEN

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HOW PERCEPTIONS OF BEAUTY AND OTHER ELEMENTS OF
SOCIAL LIFE COMBINE TO FORM A SYSTEM THAT GIVES
MEN THE UPPER HAND
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THE RULE OF FATHERS A FORM OF SOCIAL
ORGANIZATION IN WHICH MALES DOMINATE FEMALES

• MATRIARCHY
• SOCIAL DOMINANCE BY WOMEN
• SEXISM
• BELIEF THAT ONE SEX OR THE OTHER IS INNATELY
  INFERIOR OR SUPERIOR
• UNTOLD LOSSES WHEN CONSIDERING HOW MUCH TALENT
  HAS BEEN LOCKED OUT
• INEVITABILITY OF PATRIARCHY
• IS BIOLOGY DESTINY? SHOULD WOMEN RULE?
• MARGARET MEADS RESEARCH

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THE SOCIALIZATION PROCESS AND GENDER
WHAT IS FEMININE AND MASCULINE? HOW DO WE ACQUIRE
SUCH DISTINCTIONS?
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IT STARTS IN THE FAMILY

• SELECTIVE ABORTION
• SOCIAL VALUE AND DEATH
• IS IT A BOY OR GIRL?
• COLOR-CODING GENDER
• HANDLING OF CHILDREN
• BE A GOOD LITTLE MAN
• ITS OK TO BE A TOM-BOY
• WHY WOULDNT A GIRL WANT TO BE A BOY?
• BUT, WHAT IF A BOY ACTS TOO MUCH LIKE A GIRL?

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• PEER GROUPS USE NORMATIVE CONCEPTIONS OF GENDER
• PRESSURES TO TAKE PART IN BEHAVIORS THAT ARE
  NORMATIVE TO AGE AND GENDER
• PLAYING GAMES (JANET LEVER, 78)
• BOYS AND VICTORY TEAM SPORTS
• TEACHES COMPETITION, RULES, WINNING
• GIRLS AND COOPERATIVE GAMING
• GAMES TEACH INTERPERSONAL SKILLS AND THE VALUE OF
  SHARING AND COOPERATION

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THE MEDIA

• WHITE MALES HAVE CENTER STAGE
• MINORITIES OF ALL KINDS LOCKED OUT
• WOMEN RECEIVE ROLES BASED ON SEX APPEAL
• THE BEAUTY MYTH
• EATING DISORDERS
• EMOTIONAL STRESS
• IDEAL IMAGING

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• ALMOST 60 OF ALL WOMEN WORK OUTSIDE OF THE HOME
• ADMINISTRATIVE SUPPORT AND SERVICE SECTOR JOBS
  MAKE UP THE TYPE OF WORK DONE BY ONE-HALF OF ALL
  WORKING WOMEN
• MANY WOMEN RETURN HOME FROM WORK TO BEGIN THEIR
  SECOND SHIFT
• ON AVERAGE, WOMEN EARN 71 CENTS FOR EVERY DOLLAR
  EARNED BY MEN (1992)
• LARGELY DUE TO TYPE OF WORK DONE
• CORPORATE WOMEN AND THE GLASS CEILING
• RECENTLY, 20 OF RICHEST AMERICANS IDENTIFIED BY
  FORBES WERE WOMEN

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IN WHAT WAYS MIGHT AMERICAN TRADITIONS CLOAK
WOMEN IN A SHROUD OF LIMITATIONS?

• GIVEN THE ECONOMIC REALITIES, WOMEN CERTAINLY
  QUALIFY
• AT ALL LEVELS IN THE CLASS SYSTEM, WOMEN HAVE
• LESS INCOME
• LESS WEALTH
• LESS EDUCATION, AND
• LESS POWER THAN MEN
• PATRIARCHY PROVIDES WOMEN WITH SOCIAL STANDING,
  FIRST THEIR, AND THEN THEIR HUSBANDS

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FEMINISM IN AMERICAITS MOST BASIC PRINCIPLES

• IMPORTANCE OF CHANGE
• IT IS CRITICAL
• EXPANSION OF HUMAN CHOICE
• NO RESTRICTIONS ON POTENTIAL
• NO GENDER STRATIFICATION
• EQUALITY UNDER THE LAW
• ENDING SEXUAL VIOLENCE
• DISTORTS RELATIONSHIPS
• SEXUAL AUTONOMY
• CONTROL OVER REPRODUCTION

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• LIBERAL FEMINISM
• HUMANITARIAN-LIKE THINKING
• SOCIALIST FEMINISM
• BELIEF IN SOCIALIST REVOLUTION
• RADICAL FEMINISM
• ELIMINATE IDEA OF GENDER
• EGALITARIAN, GENDER-FREE REVOLUTION
• OPPOSITION TO FEMINISM
• MOST IS DIRECTED TOWARD SOCIALIST AND RADICAL
  FEMINIST GROUPS
• GENERALLY, MEN DO NOT WANT TO GIVE UP THEIR
  STATUS. WHO REALLY WOULD?

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