Intro to Gender and Society

It is the kind of discrimination women face wherein they earn consistently less than man

• Pay gap

• Glass ceiling

• Weaker sex

• Child care

It is a certain belief or attitudes about women’s abilities limit the positions they can attain in a company

• Glass ceiling

• Pay gap

• Child care

• Weaker sex

It is the act of reproduction

• Gender

• Female

• Sex

• Male

There are two sexes namely;

• Man and woman

• Lesbian and Gay

• Feminine and masculine

• Male and female

These are organs used for reproduction

• Lungs

• Genitalia

• Heart

• Brain

It is a socially learned behavior which is usually associated with one’s sex

• Sex

• Hormones

• Chromosomes

• Gender

Behavior that one associates with females, may not actually be tied to a woman’s sex

• Femininity

• Male

• Female

• Masculinity

Behavior that kne associates with males, may not actually be tied to a man’s sex

• Femininity

• Male

• Female

• Masculinity

It is defined as the process of learning and internalizing culturally approved ways of thinking, feeling, and behaving

• Gender role socialization

• Internal self-control

• Gender stereotypes

• External regulations

It involves various institutions dictating what is properand normal based on one’s identity

• Gender role socialization

• Internal self-control

• Gender stereotypes

• External regulations