What relationships, patterns and lessons has American history taught us concerning gender inequality?
Some reationships, patterns and lessons are women now a days are treated better than they were back then , today they have more opportunities. Back then people would descriminate against women for wanting to be treated equally to men and just the thought of women working as men do would be ridiculous to some, but in modern days noone has a problem as they shouldnt but noone descriminates against women working full time jobs and working side by side with men. America learned that women can do almost anything men can do and sometimes better. They used to not has much right to do anything but now they can.
1.How is gender identity and sexual identity culturally defined, understood and measured by different groups in America?
Gender identity is identified and sexual identity is defined by most by the differences of men and women and the way we as a culture show respect for the opposite sex.Different groups in america can look at it different but i wouldn't know because im not apart of them.
2.What relationships, patterns and lessons has American history taught us concerning gender inequality? It has taught me that most men dont respect women looking at the patterns that there were no women presidents or no women prospering but now its different and it should be that way.
3.To what extent have political, economic and social institutions restricted gender rights and opportunities in America? gender rights werent equal because the men knew it was easier to dominate the women an example was the church back in the day the women had to obey their men but the men didnt have to obey the men. a more modern example is the way some men treat their women the way they shouldn't.
4.How have religious values and patriarchal traditions influenced women in different cultural groups in America? religious values have influenced women to be stronger and espically in some churches because the church teaches everyone to respect eachother equally.
5.What economic actions and conditions have introduced positive changes regarding gender equality & sexual identity?
6.How are stereotypes of gender and sexual identity formed, reinforced, used and fought in American society?
7.Assess the validity of the following statement: Biology and culture will always protect societys patriarchal traditions.
8.To what extent has political activism for gender equality been effective? To what extent has it been ineffective? Why?
9.Assess the validity of the following statement: Sexual Identity is a product of social conditioning, not biological impulse.
10.Imagine a counter-factual (what if) scenario in American society regarding gender equality. What are its causes & effects?
5.What economic actions and conditions have introduced positive changes regarding gender equality & sexual identity?
the economic actions that introduced changes regarding gender equality was the war that needed more engineers that were mainly women that built airplanes nursed soildiers to health and that helped women come more identified.
6.How are stereotypes of gender and sexual identity formed, reinforced, used and fought in American society? Stereotypes that are formed of gender and sexual identity are formed by the way most people act if the majority of the women act like ho's then men are going to think they are or people with one track minds will think that way you cant judge someone by the way they look or by the way they are raised. Espically in american society people are so quick to judge.
7.Assess the validity of the following statement: Biology and culture will always protect societys patriarchal traditions. I think it will only for the fact that it has all this time im not saying it should be but thats the way it is if hillary gets elected president maybe all that could change.
8.To what extent has political activism for gender equality been effective? To what extent has it been ineffective? Why? Gender equality has been effective just look at how it has changed women can vote women can do all the same as men now. TImes change they have to if women couldn't vote or do all the things they can now then the world wouldn't see that women are worth a lot to this world.
9.Assess the validity of the following statement: Sexual Identity is a product of social conditioning, not biological impulse. Sexual identity is a product of social conditioning how can it be a biologiical impulse babies dont know the difference its the way they were raised and if they grow up to be a certian way thats how it is.
10.Imagine a counter-factual (what if) scenario in American society regarding gender equality. What are its causes & effects?the causes and effects of a counter-factual scenario in an american society would be the women ran the country and the men folllowed and were looked at as weak and stereotyped all the time. that wouldnt be good because the world would come to an end literally because women dont like other women and men would be forced to rule the world and inequality would be worse thats what i think.
How are stereotypes of gender and sexual identity formed, reinforced, used and fought in American society?
stereotypes of gender and sexual identy are formed by people being prejudice against others. poeple discriminating against. such as, just because "shes a women she cant do that job as good as a man can." in todays society women have alot more rights than before. women have the right to vote, have the right to work, and much more but there are still people out there that dicscriminate. America has gave women more opportunities and women stand up and fight for their rights here. and stereotypes against sexual identities are formed by people not accepting the way somepeople choose to live. so now people in the gay community fight for their rights more and now they are allowed same sex marriages .
How have religious values and patriarchal traditions influenced women in different cultural groups in America?
religious values and patriarchal traditions influenced women in different cultural groups in america by soem religions belive different things. such as most spanish people are christians and most portuguese are catholic. and alot of women are heavily involved with their religion which ties into their culture. different cultures have different ways of worshiping God. and they even have different traditions they have to follow. Such as, christian women arent suppose to wear pants they must wear skirts. so that is one way religion has influenced women. also, women shouldnt marry a non christian so there are many ways women are influenced.
What relationships, patterns and lessons has American history taught us concerning gender inequality
american history taught us that for a VERY long time men were said to be better then women even though there not it is still like it now. colored people and women were discriminated against long ago and now some people say it has changed but i dont think so
9.Assess the validity of the following statement: Sexual Identity is a product of social conditioning, not biological impulse.
sexual identity is a product of socail conditioning not biological impluse because you dont grow up thinking for example men are better then women you were taught that either from your family or from your friends its not biological when you were a kid you probably didnt think the same thing so theres no way its biological
6.How are stereotypes of gender and sexual identity formed, reinforced, used and fought in American society?
sterotypes of gender and sexual identity are formed by other peoples opinons if people say one thing then everyone else will say the same thing people just got along with what other people say and judge people when they dont know them . people in america are trying to stop stereotyping but i dont think its happening cause everyone is going to continue to think the same way
1. How is gender identity and sexual identity culturally defined, understood and measured by different groups in America?
I think that different genders are more mingled today. Women are doing more of the things that men do, and visa versa. Its more accepted to do things that werent neccessarily 'meant' for your gender at one point. i think that sexual identity is something that is more accepted. its easier tody to come out and say something about your sexuality being something different then it was years ago. Granted there were, are, and always will be a group that dont like the fact that your different and wont accept you anyway, but there is a smaller chance of being full on hated for it now. With both of these things, i think it gretly depends on the group of people were talking about.
2. What relationships, patterns and lessons has American history taught us concerning gender inequality?
3. To what extent have political, economic and social institutions restricted gender rights and opportunities in America?
4. How have religious values and patriarchal traditions influenced women in different cultural groups in America?
Different religions have been something that effected women for years and years. The Muslim religion, for example. Women in this group have to be covered from head to foot constantly, save for their hands and sometimes their face, because its disrespectful for any one but the husband to see any of thier skin. The Christian religion, however, allows women to wear what they want to, go where they want to go, and work to help support themselves and/or their family. In America, it used to be that the women stayed home and cooked and cleaned for the men while they went out and worked a million hours to make the money. I think that a lot of males in this country still have that sort of attitude that says women shouldnt go out and work, they should stay home and make me a dinner. Women got sick of this and fought for what they thought was right, and now women can vote, they can go out and work for themselves, they have the same basic rights that at one point were thought to be just for men.
5. What economic actions and conditions have introduced positive changes regarding gender equality & sexual identity?
Something that has most deffinately helped gender equality is The Womens Rights Movement. This is the main something that helped women get to the point they are in society today. Because of this, they can vote, have equal opportunity in the work force, and have the same basic rights as just men had at one time. A lot of issues concerning sexual identity have come a long way as well. Its more acceptable to be gay, or bi, or transgender today then it was years ago. There have also been a lot of develpoments in desease provention.
6. How are stereotypes of gender and sexual identity formed, reinforced, used and fought in American society?
a lot of stereotypes were formed years ago, especially about women, because they were the ones that were supposed to stay home, and be the meek ones who couldnt go on living without their husband. This sparked the stereotype that all women are weak and needy and cant to the things that a man could do. A lot fo these passed over to men who came out to be gay, because sometimes they can act somewhat femanin. Some people, even today, cant accept the fact that people who were thought to be weak and dumb have fought hard to gain rights and acceptance in the world, and still live by the stereotypes that a womans place is in the home, and all gay men are diseased. There are the stereotpes that make it harder for people to get jobs, and if they get the jobs, they might not get paid equally as other workers.
7. Assess the validity of the following statement: Biology and culture will always protect societys patriarchal traditions.
I dont think this true. It is in some sence, like there are traditions that get carried down from generation to generation, but they seem to me to be mostly family traditions. In America, it used to be completely unacceptable to be anything other then straight, and it was unheard of for a woman to go out and get a job for herself. Now, none if that is true. Granted there will always be that group thats stuck in the past and dont want things to be diffrent, but again thats the way that the family brought them up. But societys change all the time. theres no way around it. Times change, and people need to learn to adapt to it.
8. To what extent has political activism for gender equality been effective? To what extent has it been ineffective? Why?
It has been effective in the sence that women have more freedom. They can vote, they can work for themselves, they dont need to be codependant on someone, and they can get a lot of the same jobs that men thought were just for themselves. It has been unsuccessful in the sence that even if women can get the same job as a man, they might not get paid the same yearly salary. Also, women could be treated differently by a manager or a someone in a higher possition then the men at the same job.
9. Assess the validity of the following statement: Sexual Identity is a product of social conditioning, not biological impulse.
i dont feel that there is much validity in this statement at all. Being gay, or transexual, or transgender is something that someone feels inside of them. They dont feel the way they're supposed to inside, because they feel that their outside doesnt match it. I watched a documentary not too long ago about an experiment involving something like this. A doctor wanted to see what would happen if he raised a boy child as a girl. What ended up happening was the child grew up knowing there was somethng wrong with the way he was because he didnt look like the other girls, he didnt walk like them, he didnt talk like them, and when he reached the age where he started noticing all these differences, he got severely depressed. You cant say that your sexual identity is something that can be conditioned in or out of a person, because if they dont feel it, they wont accept it as what they are.
10. Imagine a counter-factual (what if) scenario in American society regarding gender equality. What are its causes & effects? What if The Womens Rights Movement hadn't happened been effective? If women tried to start to fight for what they felt was right, but they were immediately and effectively shut down by men in a higher social standing, women would still, probably to this day, be stuck at home doing dishes and making pie, and it would be accepted because there would be no other alternative that would be known about. Unless some other group of women realized that what was going on wasnt fair and tried to fight again, it would probably be that way forever.
6.How are stereotypes of gender and sexual identity formed, reinforced, used and fought in American society?
sterotypes of gender and sexual identity were formed many years ago for example back many years ago men thought that men were better then women. it was also formed when people started discriminating against eachother.It has been reinforced over the years by people continueing to be sterotypes
9. Assess the validity of the following statement: Sexual Identity is a product of social conditioning, not biological impulse.
Sexual identity is a product of socail conditioning not biological impluse cause when you are born you dont decide what you want its when you are older soo there for it is not biological
Religious value and patriarchal traditions can greatly influence women of American society. Many might act a certain way, or make the decisions that they do based on whether it coincides with their beliefs. Other might act in fear of being disowned, while the traditions enforced upon some may cause them to rebel. Religious values and other things of the such can influence the female conscious in a variety of ways, but ultimately I think it comes down to the person and how that individual deals with situations.
I believe there is very little validity to the statement: sexual identity is a product of social conditioning, not biological impulse. I think a persons sexual identity is largely based on biological makeup. I wouldnt go as far as advocating the Pentagons claim the homosexuality is a disease, but I would say that our social conditioning has very little to do with our true sexual identity.
