Upload
brian-witkov
View
355
Download
1
Embed Size (px)
Citation preview
Changes in last 40 years,according to Dr. Kimmel
Gender mattersWork place changesFamily and workplace balanceSexuality
gender Doesn’t affect men Limits work rarely Sexual roles
30 years ago at San Diego State, a women’s Studies program began
Women , a concern Limits work Sexual roles
The work place Women have
increased role in Medicine
Dental med. Law
Only 20% of us had Grandmothers who worked in a “career”
Shared balance of family and work between sexes Now---------still a work in progress
Then ---------no way!
Sexuality Sexual revolution gave men less
commitment & more partners Moral values changed Birth control changed Very little changed in terms of
women’s sexual benefits
Example on sexuality 1954 Dr. Kinsey found only a small
number of women masturbated ( or claimed so!)
1994 = 91%
What has changed with men Less all male jobs and careers Less all male colleges male dominated areas in society-
rare
Bring the sexes togetherFemale area 1 Gender- no problem for us
Inherent privilege(Like racial issues)
Female area 2 Workplace hostile?Not really –we had “entitlement”
Female area 3 Men train to be oaks, ill equipped for family commitment
Female area 4 Sexuality: give ‘em hell is not very “sexy”
Female area 3(work and family balance) men’s tasks have not aidedTaking out garbage (weekly task)-----men
Snow clearing (weekly task)------men
Bed making ( daily) you guess!
Cleaning (daily) you guess!Cooking ………..mostly women
Sexuality:area 4 men women
Men: sex may be a compete issue and aggressive
affection
dominance equality
Shirk sexual responsibility Pregnancy, reputation
RiskSpontaneous and promiscuous
Comfort and safetyMeaningful??
Male and female issues Biological variation
Gender schools of thought
Intimacy issues
Society is continually evolving
Biology:some differences between same sex members are >than between sexes
Aggression: due to relative Testosterone levels
not an absolute variation
Physical strength : same
Society overemphasizes femininity (accommodating, compliant, submissive and unequal)
Math vs. Verbal Ability:evolutionary theory
Brain Differences
Limbic system more developed in maleSpeed and response
Connecting fibers between hemispheresLarger in females
Male develops slower than female
Certain brain areas vary between sexesSexually Dimorphic Nucleus =larger in male
Schools of thought on gender Freud– gender a function of family
and sex Cognitive theorists– child develops
and sifts thru gender hints Feminist theory: boys dominate
girls submissive
Intimacy among men
Competition-do not share vulnerabilityMen do action oriented activity for bonding.
In control ( a male need)
Homophobia ( limits affection)
Poor social skills for intimacySide to side intimacy & not face to faceFriendships shrink with age loneliness
Intimacy with women
Friend ship with women should be not only sexual
Sex becomes loveless and novelty oriented
Spreading of genes: contraception,internet,adult films dehumanize sex
Non relational sex
Male Female
Explicit non attached relationship
Phallocentric whole being
Double standard Fantasy
Promiscuous less so
Perhaps evolutionary demands lead to men
forming separate identity
Separate from momIndependentStrongNot affectionateNot dependent
Evolution of society Gap has shrunken in work, play,
family, sex Early sexual debut, contraception
and education have helped, as well as feminism and law