Women-elementary teachers, nurses, admin assistants, waitresses, cashiers, retail salespersons
men-business and financial sectors, welding, plumbing, construction, computer and mathematical, engineering and architectural occupational groups
Becca Longo student at Adams State in Colorado first woman kicker to earn a football scholarship to Division 1 or 2 school
West and Zimmerman (1987) \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\”doing gender\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\”-gender is socially constructed through our everyday social interactions.
girls \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\”doing\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\” gender by playing with dolls, choosing to be passive and wearing dress-up high heels
boys \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\”doing\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\” gender with friendly wrestling matches, focus more of sports than homework and display a rebellious attitude.
US when 2 men greet one another a handshake is normal
Argentina 2 men greeting with a kiss on each cheek
Chilean men hug when greeting.
male characters portrayed in media as active, powerful and adventurous, sexually aggressive, largely uninvolved in human relationships
female characters portrayed in media as young, thin, beautiful, passive, dependent and often incompetent, devoted to improving their appearance
Common Sense Media nonprofit that learning gender roles from movies and TV shows has real consequences on kids\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\’ self-esteem, relationships and future careers.
during and after WW2 women entered the workforce in large numbers. 57% working women in Feb. 2021 down from 59.2% in pre-pandemic Feb. 2020.
70% of heterosexual women with children under 18 work in paid labor force yet still responsible for work at home.
21% of men do household chores on average day compared to 49% done by women.
in same-sex relationships chores are equal between partners
2021 report found Iceland, Finland, Norway, New Zealand, Sweden, Namibia and Rwanda are most gender-equal countries
Overall 68 % gender gap, with progress to close the 32% but will take 135.6 years to close the gap worldwide.
US ranked 30th of 156 countries in the survey.
Eighty-three percent of the Ugandan members are women. The co-op was established in 1999 to reduce gender inequality and poverty by successfully growing coffee with ecologically sustainable methods.
Until the industrial revolution MOST middle to upper class women didn\\\\\\\’t work outside the home and were considered property in some societies
18 cents less for every dollar a man makes with amounts to 10,157 less per year and 406,280 over a 40 yr career.
over 1 million over 40 yr career for African Americans and Hispanic women than white employees men.
utah women make 70 cents for every dollar a man makes
16% of elderly women live in poverty compared to 12% of elderly men
LGBTQ community has 53% have experienced glass ceiling
in protestant faith women weren\\\’t allowed in formal leadership roles such as ministers, deacons and elders until late 20th century
catholic church forbids women\\\’s ordination as priests and excommunicated few bishops who have defined the edicts of the Vatican. In 2010 women\\\’s ordination categorized \\\”delicta graviora\\\” same category as priests who sexually abuse children.
about 21 million Muslims, China has a 300 yr history of female imams-leaders of prayer in a mosque. In 2016 Denmark saw the opening of Mariam mosque its first female ran mosque
few female rabbits in Jewish Orthodox faith in the US; first female ordained in 2009
in 2021 Rev Megan Rohrer pastor if San Fran Grace evangelical Lutheran church was elected bishop for Sierra Pacific Synod of evangelical Lutheran church in America becoming the first transgender bishop in a major American Christian denomination.
One of the highest wage gaps is that of a Protestant executive or head pastor/minister, with men earning 50 percent more than women in the same position. Men make 28 percent more across all positions in Protestant churches and earn, on average, $10,000 more than women ministers
Women in the U.S. were only given the right to vote in 1920, with the passage of the 19th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution. The last country in the world to provide women the right to vote was Saudi Arabia in 2011
Although women make up half of the U.S. population, they only make up 27% of the U.S. Congress. Globally, women hold only 23.4% of the seats in parliaments. Rwanda leads the world with approximately 61% female members in Parliament, followed by Cuba with 53%
More females are enrolled in college, their degree completion rate is higher, and they represent nearly three-fifths of all graduate students
on average a man with a bachelors degree out earns an equally credentialed woman by 26,000 a yr
53% of woman graduates struggle with student loan debt compared to 39% of men
In 1976, the U.S. Congress authorized women for admission to all services academies. In 2021, 29% of the U.S. Naval Academy’s enrollment of 1,186 undergraduate students were females