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. SexGender. Interesting facts about our differences:. While men use words to preserve independence, women talk to draw others closer.In some endurance events, such as ultra-marathon running

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    1. Sex & GenderInequality In our civilization men are afraid that they will not be men enough, and women are afraid that they may be considered only women. Theodor Reik in Just Like a Woman, by Dianne Hales

    3. Interesting facts about our differences: While men use words to preserve independence, women talk to draw others closer. In some endurance events, such as ultra-marathon running & long-distance swimming, some women already outperform almost all men. Sadness saturates an area 8 times larger in women than in men. Womens pupils dilate, when they look at babies, whether or not they themselves are mothers. Mens pupils usually dont dilate at the sight of an infantunless they are fathers.

    4. Gender Roles Culturally based expectation and behaviors associated with a sex category within a society. Shepard

    5. Margaret Meads New Guinea Study Arapesh Men & women were nurturing, cooperative, sensitive & rarely engaged in warfare. Mundugumors Men & women were competitive & aggressive, neither showed tenderness to their children & often used physical punishment. Tchumbuli Reverse of western traditional gender roles. Women were economic providers, while men took care of children. Shepard

    6. Gender Socialization Even as babies, boys and girls are treated differently from one another: boys are seldom dressed in pink as it is considered to be a "feminine" color. So even at an age at which male and female behavior is indistinguishable it is seen as important that the child's sex is not mistaken.

    7. David Newman When my elder son was an infant, I dressed him on several occasions in a pink, frilly snowsuit in order to observe the reaction of others.

    8. Oh, shes so cute? Whats your little girls name? Zachary. Isnt Zachary a boys name? Hes a boy.

    9. At this point the responses would range from stunned confusion and awkward laughter to dirty looks and outright anger. Clearly they felt that I had emotionally abused my son somehow. 132

    10. By the age of three, children tend to be aware of their gender; they are encouraged to prefer the games clothing modes of speech and other aspects of culture usually assigned to their sex

    11. Stereotypical sex-associated behavior such as male aggression and female passivity is derived at least partly from roles which are taught during childhood. Increasingly, girls take on games previously associated with boysbut the reverse is still less in evidence.

    12. How do these toys instill traditional gender roles?

    14. Marilyn Motz Bowling Green State Bowling Green State If the doll was copied to scale as a life-size woman, she would measure a 33 inch bust, 18 inch waist, 28 inch hips. Many adults feel that Barbie sends the wrong messages to girls: to be popular you must be tall, thin, beautiful and buxom.

    15. Male Bashing Misandry- man hating Public woman bashing is illegal; public male bashing is institutionalized. Women Cant Hear What Men Dont Say by Warren Farrell

    16. Men-as-Morons Message Homer graduated at the bottom of his high school class and managed to earn the distinction of being the longest-term entry-level employee at the plant.

    17. Patriarchy Literally rule of the fathers It has now acquired a more general usage, especially among feminist theories, where it has come to mean male domination in general. Oxford Dictionary of Sociology

    18. How the Patriarchy is Perpetuated

    19. Family Work Education

    20. Religion He shall rule over thee," God says to Eve, Genesis 3:16. Men have authority over women because Allah has made the one superior to the other, and because they spend their wealth to maintain them. Good women are obedient. Koran 4:34 For I, the Lord God, delight in the chastity of women. And whoredoms are an abomination before me; thus saith the Lord of Hosts. Book of Mormon: Book of Jacob 2

    21. Language Over-use of what they consider to be exclusively gender-specific pronouns like "he". Use of "man" to refer to all people. Over-use of gender-specific job titles Use of Miss and Mrs. Non-parallel usage, such as "man and wife".

    22. The Media Cesare Paciotti Ads never let us forget that a woman's worth is determined by her appeal to men. Nothing else about her matters She is an object to be judged, Her only power lies in controlling and manipulating her appearance, and even in that she is set up to fall short of the perfect ideal. Dove video

    23. The bending of the body conveys unpreparedness and submissiveness (Goffman, 1976). Christian Dior Perfumes Inc.

    25. Our society, and many/most others, suggest that if a woman doesn't restrict, mold or control her body she will be overwhelming, out of control, unattractive... animal-like.

    26. Sexism A system of beliefs that assert the inferiority of one sex & that justify sexual inequality Misogyny The hatred of women

    27. Violence against women Worldwide War Against Women Domestic violence Rape FGM

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