In a perfect world everyone, regardless of gender or sexuality, would be considered equal and treated with the same dignity and respect. However, the world is not a perfect place and two of the big inequalities that can be seen worldwide are the way women are treated in comparison to men and the struggles that same-sex couples endure, that heterosexuals do not. The video clips “Class Dismissed”, “All Different, All Equal”, and “Daddy & Papa” shed light on these inequalities. Where is a woman’s place? Is it at home or at work? If they work are they paid less than men? These questions may be controversial and/or produce different answers based on the time period, religious beliefs, or societies view of women. As for the question are women
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Regardless of the statistics, as a group, we are all in agreement that a gap exists between the male and female pay scales. Although we feel that lower minimum wage jobs may pay both genders the same, it is with jobs that require skill and/or higher education where the gap is truly noticeable. One of the group members has been able to see firsthand that the baseline pay for men averaged higher than that of women at their workplace. Today, the media and/or television programs present women as having high paying jobs, but this is not the reality of most woman holding jobs in lower class fields. In the constructionists point of view gender differences are relative to different societies or the historical time period (Ferris, 2010), but while women have come a long way in the last 20 years, they are still viewed as the homemakers or less educated than men. The video clip Class Dismissed focuses on television’s under-representation of the working-class people and their concerns, and the stereotypes that are used when they are represented at all. It showed older television shows like the Brady Bunch …show more content…
Same-sex couples, particularly gay men face inequalities when it comes to starting a family. According to Ferris, about four percent of adults identify as homosexuals and there is a diverse range of difficulties and disadvantages attached to this category (2010). Some difficulties they may face when trying to start a family can include prejudice and discrimination due to homophobia. One’s sexual orientation should not play a factor in deciding who will be a good parent to raise a child, but nonetheless, many people believe that gay men raising kids will raise a gay child or abuse the child. This preconception may be a combination of political negligence to accept gay couples as providing a suitable home for children or personal religious beliefs. Human sexual dimorphism, which is the belief that anatomy and physical differences define the distinctions between male and females and that gender differences are innate may be another reason that gay men have issues when it comes to adopting (Ferris, 2010). Men and women are built differently and women are seen as more of the nurturing type (expressive role), while men are seen as more aggressive and masculine. This thinking can lead people to the false belief that the child may miss out on having the female love and nurture. Gender should not dictate who will play the expressive role. Every person is capable of providing emotional support and nurturing if they choose to. We as
Regardless of the statistics, as a group, we are all in agreement that a gap exists between the male and female pay scales. Although we feel that lower minimum wage jobs may pay both genders the same, it is with jobs that require skill and/or higher education where the gap is truly noticeable. One of the group members has been able to see firsthand that the baseline pay for men averaged higher than that of women at their workplace. Today, the media and/or television programs present women as having high paying jobs, but this is not the reality of most woman holding jobs in lower class fields. In the constructionists point of view gender differences are relative to different societies or the historical time period (Ferris, 2010), but while women have come a long way in the last 20 years, they are still viewed as the homemakers or less educated than men. The video clip Class Dismissed focuses on television’s under-representation of the working-class people and their concerns, and the stereotypes that are used when they are represented at all. It showed older television shows like the Brady Bunch …show more content…
Same-sex couples, particularly gay men face inequalities when it comes to starting a family. According to Ferris, about four percent of adults identify as homosexuals and there is a diverse range of difficulties and disadvantages attached to this category (2010). Some difficulties they may face when trying to start a family can include prejudice and discrimination due to homophobia. One’s sexual orientation should not play a factor in deciding who will be a good parent to raise a child, but nonetheless, many people believe that gay men raising kids will raise a gay child or abuse the child. This preconception may be a combination of political negligence to accept gay couples as providing a suitable home for children or personal religious beliefs. Human sexual dimorphism, which is the belief that anatomy and physical differences define the distinctions between male and females and that gender differences are innate may be another reason that gay men have issues when it comes to adopting (Ferris, 2010). Men and women are built differently and women are seen as more of the nurturing type (expressive role), while men are seen as more aggressive and masculine. This thinking can lead people to the false belief that the child may miss out on having the female love and nurture. Gender should not dictate who will play the expressive role. Every person is capable of providing emotional support and nurturing if they choose to. We as