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Feminism
• Background– Biological differences
• Testosterone – majority of violence, criminal acts are committed by men
• Men are– 9x more likely to have been in prison
– 10x more likely to commit a murder
• Brain function
Feminism
• Background– Psychological Differences
• Men tend to identify with work/career
• Women tend to identify with relationships
• Men tend to make decisions through authority structures, women through consensus
• Men are more aggressive, women more relational or social
Feminism
– Sociological Differences• Evolution of gender roles in hunter/gatherer
societies
– History of oppression of women, misogyny– Patriarchy: Rule by men– Changes in the last 150 years
• Industrial revolution
• WW II
• Contraception
Rosie the Riveter
By J. Howard Miller
Positive Impacts of Feminism
• Women’s abilities to do most things as well as men recognized
• More freedom from narrowly prescribed gender roles for both women and men– Women allowed to take initiative in dating– Men take more of a role in childcare and
household tasks
Objections to Feminism
• Denigrates women’s traditional roles as mothers and homemakers
• Is associated with leftist, socialist, statist economic and social policies
• Ignores real differences between men and women
Feminism
• Some studies claim women make 70 cents on the dollar compared to men. – Overt discrimination– Years taken off for child bearing and rearing– Predisposition towards lower paying “helping”
professions (less valued because done by women?)
– Less aggressive/ambitious, “invested” in job?