Women: The
Oppressed
Majority
Chapter 14
Chapter Overview
I.
II.
III.
IV.
V.
VI.
VII.
VIII.
IX.
Introductory Quiz
Gender Roles
The Feminist Movement
Women in the Workplace
Education
Family Life
Political Activity
Additional Key Terms
Review
I. Introductory “Quiz”
1. Scholars have likened the status of American
women to that of Black Americans.
True
2. Men and women are more alike in their
abilities than different.
True
3. Gender socialization ceases at young
adulthood.
False
4. People who watch the most television are
most likely to stereotype women.
True
5. Functionalists are concerned that social
disorder would result from a disruption in
traditional sex roles.
True
6. Southerners feared Women’s Suffrage
because of women’s roles in freeing slaves.
True
7. Teachers teach boys as if their education is
more important than girls’.
True
8. The feminist movement began in the 1960s.
False
9. In some states, birth control devices were
considered contra ban as late as 1965.
True
10. Only about 35% of women voted in the
election following the passage of the 19th
amendment.
False
11. There is an unfair bias against women in
medical research.
True
12. Married women with children in the home
typically work outside the home.
True
13. In a dual career family, the woman’s total
work load (housework + office work) increases.
True
14. Women presently serve as U.S. Senators and
members of the House of Representatives but
not as governors.
False
15. The term “double jeopardy” can be used to
describe the career of a woman of color.
True
16. With a business degree, even when a
woman is better qualified for the job, a man is
more likely to be hired at a greater pay rate.
True
II. Gender Roles
A. What Should a Woman Be?
B. For Your Consideration
II. Gender Roles
A. What Should a Woman Be?
1. Class Discussion
2. Of Historic Interest
B. For Your Consideration
II. Gender Roles
A. What Should a Woman Be?
1. Class Discussion
2. Of Historic Interest
B. For Your Consideration
II. Gender Roles
A. What Should a Woman Be?
1. Class Discussion
2. Of Historic Interest
B. For Your Consideration
II. Gender Roles
A. What Should a Woman Be?
B. For Your Consideration
1. The Case of Rudolf the Red-Nosed
Reindeer
2. Dramatic Readings
II. Gender Roles
A. What Should a Woman Be?
B. For Your Consideration
1. The Case of Rudolf the Red-Nosed
Reindeer
2. Dramatic Readings
II. Gender Roles
A. What Should a Woman Be?
B. For Your Consideration
1. The Case of Rudolf the Red-Nosed
Reindeer
2. Dramatic Readings
It’s Great To Be a Man
How to Tell a Businessman from a Businesswoman
If Men Could Menstruate
Woman—Which Includes Man, of Course
It’s Great To Be a Man
How to Tell a Businessman from a Businesswoman
If Men Could Menstruate
Woman—Which Includes Man, of Course
It’s Great To Be a Man
How to Tell a Businessman from a Businesswoman
If Men Could Menstruate
Woman—Which Includes Man, of Course
It’s Great To Be a Man
How to Tell a Businessman from a Businesswoman
If Men Could Menstruate
Woman—Which Includes Man, of Course
III. The Feminist Movement
A. Why are women considered a
“minority group”?
B. Birth of the Feminist movement
C. Issues
III. The Feminist Movement
A. Why are women considered a
“minority group”?
B. Birth of the Feminist movement
C. Issues
III. The Feminist Movement
A. Why are women considered a
“minority group”?
B. Birth of the Feminist movement
C. Issues
III. The Feminist Movement
A. Why are women considered a
“minority group”?
B. Birth of the Feminist movement
C. Issues
1. Women’s Suffrage
2. Birth Control
3. Women’s Liberation
III. The Feminist Movement
A. Why are women considered a
“minority group”?
B. Birth of the Feminist movement
C. Issues
1. Women’s Suffrage
2. Birth Control
3. Women’s Liberation
III. The Feminist Movement
A. Why are women considered a
“minority group”?
B. Birth of the Feminist movement
C. Issues
1. Women’s Suffrage
2. Birth Control
3. Women’s Liberation
III. The Feminist Movement
A. Why are women considered a
“minority group”?
B. Birth of the Feminist movement
C. Issues
1. Women’s Suffrage
2. Birth Control
3. Women’s Liberation
IV. Women in the Workplace
A. Occupational segregation
B. Sources of Discrimination
IV. Women in the Workplace
A. Occupational segregation
B. Sources of Discrimination
IV. Women in the Workplace
A. Occupational segregation
B. Sources of Discrimination
IV. Women in the Workplace
A. Occupational segregation
B. Sources of Discrimination
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
1963 Equal Pay Act
1964 Civil Rights Act
Pay Equity
Glass Ceiling/Glass Walls
Mommy Track
Sexual Harassment
IV. Women in the Workplace
A. Occupational segregation
B. Sources of Discrimination
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
1963 Equal Pay Act
1964 Civil Rights Act
Pay Equity
Glass Ceiling/Glass Walls
Mommy Track
Sexual Harassment
IV. Women in the Workplace
A. Occupational segregation
B. Sources of Discrimination
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
1963 Equal Pay Act
1964 Civil Rights Act
Pay Equity
Glass Ceiling/Glass Walls
Mommy Track
Sexual Harassment
IV. Women in the Workplace
A. Occupational segregation
B. Sources of Discrimination
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
1963 Equal Pay Act
1964 Civil Rights Act
Pay Equity
Glass Ceiling/Glass Walls
Mommy Track
Sexual Harassment
IV. Women in the Workplace
A. Occupational segregation
B. Sources of Discrimination
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
1963 Equal Pay Act
1964 Civil Rights Act
Pay Equity
Glass Ceiling/Glass Walls
Mommy Track
Sexual Harassment
IV. Women in the Workplace
A. Occupational segregation
B. Sources of Discrimination
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
1963 Equal Pay Act
1964 Civil Rights Act
Pay Equity
Glass Ceiling/Glass Walls
Mommy Track
Sexual Harassment
V. Education
A. Historically
B. Currently
V. Education
A. Historically
B. Currently
V. Education
A. Historically
B. Currently
VI. Family Life
A. Introduction
B. Child Care
C. Housework
VI. Family Life
A. Introduction
B. Child Care
C. Housework
VI. Family Life
A. Introduction
B. Child Care
C. Housework
VI. Family Life
A. Introduction
B. Child Care
C. Housework
VII. Political Activity
A. Stats
B. Why?
VII. Political Activity
A. Stats
B. Why?
VII. Political Activity
A. Stats
B. Why?
VIII.Additional Key Terms
Title IX
feminization of poverty
Roe v. Wade
IX. Review