Gender Socialization

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Gender Socialization

• EWS 425
• Group Git-R-Done
• Nick Salvino
• Paul Glass
• Jacob Ritchie
• Marina Coria
• Denene Davidovich
• Chelsea Sheflin

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Gender and Sex??

• Gender
• Role in Society
• Cultural
• Sexual identity in relation to society and
  Culture
• Sex
• Classified into two groups, Male and Female
• Biological
• Classification based on anatomical and
  physiological characteristics that relate to
  either group
• i.e. Reproductive organs

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Gender Socialization

• Nature versus Nurture
• Gender Roles Passed on to Children
• Gender Stereotypes
• i.e. clothing color, toys
• Parents Influence
• Gender in Education
• Physical education programs
• Title IX

4
Gender Roles

• Socialized into Gender Roles
• Media, Education, Human Nature
• Double Standard
• Male Promiscuity v.s Female Promiscuity
• Media

5
Marxs Theory

• Division of Power
• Society
• Technology
• Imbalance of Powers
• Social Class
• Gender Differences

Paul Glass
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Gender

• Gender Differences
• Men (Historically Superior)
• Women (Historically Inferior)
• Effects of Gender Differences
• Causes Conflict Between Genders
• Causes Alliances Within Genders

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Take Over Theory
Jacob Ritchie

• The take over theory was a sharp decline of
  womans status and power.
• Started in Bronze age in Eastern cultures
• Motivation for innovation
• Why did men take women's inventions?
• Sybilla Righton Masters
• Maize-stamping mill
• Catherine Littlefield Greene
• Inventor of cotton gin or not?

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Take Over Theory

• Woman accounted for less than 1 of all patents
  in 1919.
• A womans place was at home.
• Womens roles were limited.
• Woman accounted for more than 10 of all patents
  today.
• Everybody embraces technology/inventions
• More emphasis on teams and manufactures instead
  of a gender or sex.
• Samsung, LG, Apple

9
Matriarchy Perplex

• The difference in societal roles between men and
  women
• The affects of power on womens motivation for
  innovation

Nick Salvino
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Work Specialization

• Women Having Power
• Child birth
• House keeping
• Women Lacking Power
• Technology
• Physical attributes

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Peggy Sanday

• Power and Contributions
• Sandays power theory
• Shift in power over time
• Depends on power status
  
• VS.