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Gender – Feminism – Human Rights

Gender – Feminism – Human Rights. Professor Crain. Lady Gaga Feminism.

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Gender – Feminism – Human Rights

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  1. Gender – Feminism – Human Rights Professor Crain

  2. Lady Gaga Feminism • “She’ll say something feminist one minute and equate feminism with man-hating the next. Sometimes she seems too skinny, too blonde, too commercial–but then she explains how her Bad Romance video simulates the trafficking of women as commodities in the music industry and I swoon.”

  3. “Ain’t I a woman” • Sojourner Truth (1797-1883): Ain't I A Woman?Delivered 1851Women's Convention, Akron, Ohio • “Nobody ever helps me into carriages, or over mud-puddles, or gives me any best place! And ain't I a woman? Look at me! Look at my arm! I have ploughed and planted, and gathered into barns, and no man could head me! And ain't I a woman? I could work as much and eat as much as a man - when I could get it - and bear the lash as well! And ain't I a woman? I have borne thirteen children, and seen most all sold off to slavery, and when I cried out with my mother's grief, none but Jesus heard me! And ain't I a woman?”

  4. Terms • Biological Sex: “Biological sex" we mean the biological differences between males and females. • Gender Expression: “Gender expression” refers to the ways in which we each manifest masculinity or femininity. It is usually an extension of our “gender identity,” our innate sense of being male or female. Each of us expresses a particular gender every day – by the way we style our hair, select our clothing, or even the way we stand. Our appearance, speech, behavior, movement, and other factors signal that we feel – and wish to be understood – as masculine or feminine, or as a man or a woman. • Feminism: The advocacy of women's rights on the grounds of political, social, and economic equality to men. • Patriarchy: A society where power was held by and passed down through the elder males. When modern historians and sociologists describe a "patriarchal society," they mean that men hold the positions of power: head of the family unit, leaders of social groups, boss in the workplace and heads of government.

  5. History & Rights • August 26, 1920 Women were granted the right to vote with the 19th amendment. • 1936 birth control is no longer classified as obscene. The federal law prohibiting the distribution of contraception information through the mail is modified. • 1960 the Food and Drug Administration approves birth control pills. • 1961 JFK establishes the President’s Commission on the Status of Women and appoints Eleanor Roosevelt. • 1964 the Civil Rights Act bars discrimination in employment on the basis or race and sex. EEOC was established to enforce and investigate cases of discrimination. • 166 NOW was founded – National Organization for Women

  6. History & Rights • 1848 The first women's rights convention is held in Seneca Falls, New York. After 2 days of discussion and debate, 68 women and 32 men sign a Declaration of Sentiments, which outlines grievances and sets the agenda for the women's rights movement. A set of 12 resolutions is adopted calling for equal treatment of women and men under the law and voting rights for women. • 1869 Susan B. Anthony and Elizabeth Cady Stanton form the National Woman Suffrage Association. The primary goal of the organization is to achieve voting rights for women by means of a Congressional amendment to the Constitution. • 1896 The National Association of Colored Women is formed, bringing together more than 100 black women's clubs. Leaders in the black women's club movement include Josephine St. Pierre Ruffin, Mary Church Terrell, and Anna Julia Cooper.

  7. History & Rights • 1970 Schultz v Wheaton Glass Co (US Court of Appeals) ruled that jobs held by men and women need to be “substantially equal” but not “identical”. • 1973 Roe v. Wade, the Supreme Court establishes a woman's right to safe and legal abortion, overriding the anti-abortion laws of many states.1976 First Marital Rape Law is enacted in Nebraska. This made is illegal for a husband to rape his wife.(asserting that women are not property) • 1978 Pregnancy Discrimination Act bans employment discrimination against women.

  8. What we’ve been facing: 1980s -present • Turn back of the clock. • Attack on women’s right to choose and reproductive rights • Increase in STEM programs for women, with a decrease and consistent underpayment of women in those fields. • Increase in female college graduates • Diversification of feminism - (Chicana and Black Feminist Thought) • What else?

  9. Discussion: Expanding our Understanding

  10. Equity v Equality • COMMONLY USED DEFINITION • Equity, as we have seen, involves trying to understand and give people what they need to enjoy full, healthy lives. Equality, in contrast, aims to ensure that everyone gets the same things in order to enjoy full, healthy lives. Like equity, equality aims to promote fairness and justice, but it can only work if everyone starts from the same place and needs the same things.

  11. What is the difference between equity and equality? How do these concepts relate to issues of gender inequality?

  12. references • Read more: http://sgba-resource.ca/en/concepts/equity/distinguish-between-equity-and-equality/ • http://gillfoundation.org/grants/within-colorado/gender-expression-toolkit/gender-expression/

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