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