Gender Stratification-She/He-Who Goes First?
There are so many underlying issues that pose to threaten the minds of young men and the minds of young women today. However, the most threatening issue that we face today is Gender Inequality. Gender inequality stems from societal influence to differentiate men and women roles in society.
In some societies women are treated inferior to men and that 's not fair. Man and woman should be held in accordance to the same standard relieving role strains. The word sex is used to identify the biological criteria for identifying a person as male or female. The real definition of the word is referring to a scribe genetic anatomical and hormonal differences between male and female rights however there are …show more content…
It pins men and women against each other. Gender roles are set in most cultures and there are expected behavior within those roles. In Barbie Doll by Marge Piercy, Piercy makes the claim against the femininity of the barbie doll and the kind of stereotype it creates about women. Piercy writes, “This girlchild was…big nose and fat legs”, (p.403). The first stanza alone of this poem creates a dynamic idea on how women are supposed to look. The idea that having fat legs and a big nose makes you unacceptable to the world. In some countries Muslim girls cover their faces when in public . The display of skin even in the college classroom would be immoral to many Muslims, however in other Muslim countries such covering would be unusual. Gender socialization at the meso level is a process by which people learn to identify these differences as cultural norms. At early birth, parents socialize their babies by attaining specific characteristics to the baby. If the baby is a boy, they are specified to be strong, firm, and associate the color blue to their identity. And if the baby is a girl, they are specified to be soft, delicate and are associated with the color pink (our social world, pg 252). Women are suppose to be the wife, mother and carter of the family. Cleaning, cooking, sewing and taking care if the children. While men are working, making the money and being catered …show more content…
Faludi insists that those who argue a woman 's place is in the home, looking after the kids are hypocrites because they have wives who are working mothers and as women themselves, they are mothers. Faludi writes, “Independent women’s…health problem today”, (chapter 1) written by a psychology book; faludi argues that despite the opinions of pop-psychologists and the media, career minded women are not husband starved loners on the verge of work. In “Institutional discrimination: gender stratification” by Russ long, “Differential access means that men have greater access to the labor market than do women. Differential access does not explain the entire problem, however, in the 1980s, women earned less than men even on jobs where all other qualifications are held “constant”. There are three issues that deals with institutional discrimination. The first item notes that women enter the labor market at different and lower paying levels than do men. Historically, men were doctors while women were nurses; men taught in college while women taught in primary schools; men worked construction while women were secretaries; men worked in the automobile and steel industries while women worked in apparels and textiles (Russ Long).Men are employed in sectors earn more money
There are so many underlying issues that pose to threaten the minds of young men and the minds of young women today. However, the most threatening issue that we face today is Gender Inequality. Gender inequality stems from societal influence to differentiate men and women roles in society.
In some societies women are treated inferior to men and that 's not fair. Man and woman should be held in accordance to the same standard relieving role strains. The word sex is used to identify the biological criteria for identifying a person as male or female. The real definition of the word is referring to a scribe genetic anatomical and hormonal differences between male and female rights however there are …show more content…
It pins men and women against each other. Gender roles are set in most cultures and there are expected behavior within those roles. In Barbie Doll by Marge Piercy, Piercy makes the claim against the femininity of the barbie doll and the kind of stereotype it creates about women. Piercy writes, “This girlchild was…big nose and fat legs”, (p.403). The first stanza alone of this poem creates a dynamic idea on how women are supposed to look. The idea that having fat legs and a big nose makes you unacceptable to the world. In some countries Muslim girls cover their faces when in public . The display of skin even in the college classroom would be immoral to many Muslims, however in other Muslim countries such covering would be unusual. Gender socialization at the meso level is a process by which people learn to identify these differences as cultural norms. At early birth, parents socialize their babies by attaining specific characteristics to the baby. If the baby is a boy, they are specified to be strong, firm, and associate the color blue to their identity. And if the baby is a girl, they are specified to be soft, delicate and are associated with the color pink (our social world, pg 252). Women are suppose to be the wife, mother and carter of the family. Cleaning, cooking, sewing and taking care if the children. While men are working, making the money and being catered …show more content…
Faludi insists that those who argue a woman 's place is in the home, looking after the kids are hypocrites because they have wives who are working mothers and as women themselves, they are mothers. Faludi writes, “Independent women’s…health problem today”, (chapter 1) written by a psychology book; faludi argues that despite the opinions of pop-psychologists and the media, career minded women are not husband starved loners on the verge of work. In “Institutional discrimination: gender stratification” by Russ long, “Differential access means that men have greater access to the labor market than do women. Differential access does not explain the entire problem, however, in the 1980s, women earned less than men even on jobs where all other qualifications are held “constant”. There are three issues that deals with institutional discrimination. The first item notes that women enter the labor market at different and lower paying levels than do men. Historically, men were doctors while women were nurses; men taught in college while women taught in primary schools; men worked construction while women were secretaries; men worked in the automobile and steel industries while women worked in apparels and textiles (Russ Long).Men are employed in sectors earn more money