Gender Roles Differences in Men

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• Liz
• Jen
• Marci
• Kelly

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Differences starting at Birth

• Boys wear blue
• Girls wear pink
• Boys handled aggressively
• Girls handled more tenderly

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Areas of Study

• School
• Work
• Income and Wealth

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School

• Teachers encourage different roles among the
  students
• Boys interrupt teachers more than girls

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Work

• Men hold higher executive positions
• Women usually take on more motherly roles, like
  nursing
• There is a continuous battle between men and
  women in the work force

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Income and Wealth

• Median earnings for women 26,855
• Men 36,252
• Men are 3 times more likely to earn more than
  75,000 a year compared to women

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Game Time!

• Which words describe MEN and which describe WOMEN?

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Who can be described asRough tough?

• MEN!

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Who is Loving caring?

• WOMEN!

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Boys vs. GirlsMen vs. Women

• Leaders
• Strong
• Higher incomes
• trucks

• Followers
• Caring
• Lower incomes
• Barbie dolls

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Structural-Functional Analysis

• Helps understand why genders continuously battle
  in our society
• Men are looked at as being in charge
• Declaration of Independence states that All men
  are created equal.

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Social Conflict Theory

• Helps see gender conflicts and changes that come
  from gender differences
• It lets us look at income and classes taken in
  school
• It shows us the differences in behavior and power
• Shows us the inequality between the genders

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Terms to Remember

• Gender- the personal traits and social positions
  that members of a society attach to being female
  and male
• Gender stratification- the unequal distribution
  of wealth, power and privilege between men and
  women
• Gender roles- also known as sex roles, the
  attitudes and activities that a society sets
  apart and subordinates
• Sexism- the believe that one sex is innately
  superior to the other

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Websites to Check out!

• www.now.org
• www.wwwomen.com
• www.feminist.org
• www.educationindex.com/women
• www.catalystwomen.org

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Roles of Men and Women