Gender Roles 101 - Nova Scotia Health Research Foundation
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An Interactive Introduction to Power and Gender Roles Nova Scotia Advisory Commission on AIDS Power What is it and who’s got it? The dynamic nature of power Power, relationships and health Gender Roles What are gender roles and how are they created? What factors influence gender roles? What happens when you don’t follow the gendertypical roles? And what happens if you do? Gender, gender roles and health The Gender-Bender Quiz What is power? Access to and control over money and resources Control over decisions Has benefits of increased choice, freedom, and privilege Does power mean the same thing to everybody, everywhere, all the time? Does the power of the group have anything to do with the power of the individual? Quiz Question #1 His book, Needlepoint for Men came out in 1973. At 6'5" and 300 pounds, he didn't care if you thought he was a sissy or not. What was his name and his main occupation (2 points)? Less power Doctors People with higher incomes People without disabilities Non-Immigrants People with higher levels of education/literacy Adults White people Non-Aboriginal People Employed/Non-Precariously employed Straight Men Other? More power People in relationships of all kinds do not necessarily have equal power. Intimate (love, sexual) Work (colleagues; employer-employee) Service (doctor-patient; lawyer-client) Social (friendships) Power in relationships can shift depending on the situation and context. How Individual | | can power differentials affect health? Intimate partner violence and issues of power and control in relationships Patients may not feel comfortable questioning the decisions and advice of health professionals. Systemic | | Health and drug research and systems are less likely to collect data on minorities or marginalized groups. Issues with accessing health care and services that are welcoming, inclusive, and culturally appropriate. Quiz Question #2 Name this war-era icon. Quiz Question #3 You know her, you love her, but can you spell her name? Quiz Question #4 Name this American shock rocker…..and get an extra point for each of the two (in)famous names he combined to form his (and his band’s) name. It depends! Some variation depending on: “Legitimacy” of reasons for departing Your social/cultural circle How much power you have The particular social context or situation (work versus social) Other? Can you think of some examples of both positive and negative consequences of staying? Can you think of some examples of both positive and negative consequences of straying? Positive: Security Social Acceptance It’s easier Other? More choice Fulfillment Other? Negative Limited Choice Lack of fulfillment Stress Other? Positive: Negative: Stigma Isolation/outcast It’s harder Stress Other? Who are more severely consequenced for departing from their gender-appropriate roles, women or men? Why do you think this is the case? Quiz Question #5 Ho-hum, another easy one…we’re after this 21st Century male television character’s name. We bring our gender roles into our various relationships and our relationships (and society) reinforce these roles: Intimate Relationships: | Couple/Family Relationships: | | | Negotiating sex Traditional gender division of labour in the home Traditional gender division of income generation in the home Care-giving Does it make a difference if both partners are of the opposite sex or same sex? In what way? Gender and gender roles interact with and affect health. Gender roles can have a direct impact on our health and well-being. Care-giving Risk-taking and low self-care/help-seeking What was the lowest paying occupation in Nova Scotia in 2000? Babysitters, nannies, and parents’ helpers | | % women: 96 Average earnings (full-time): $12,448 Women comprise what proportion of total part-time employment in Nova Scotia? 68% (2006) What proportion of all employed women in the province are in sales/service or clerical occupations? 50% (for men it’s 28%) What proportion of all employed men are in trades, transport and equipment operating occupations? 26% (for women it’s 1%) Who are more likely to be unemployed, men or women? Since the early 1990’s, men’s unemployment rates have been higher then women’s. Human To health is complex and diverse. produce knowledge that adequately reflects that complexity and diversity, health research needs to be sensitive to sex and gender and the different lived experiences of women and men. Quiz Question #6 Name this famous Canadian and, for an extra point, what she revealed after the 2006 Olympic gold medal winning game for which she was named MVP? Quiz Question #1 Rosey Grier, NFL defensive lineman for the New York Giants from 1955 to 1962. Quiz Question #2 U.S. cultural icon, Rosie the Riveter, represented the 6 million women who worked in munitions plants during WW2. Quiz Question #3 Marlene Dietrich, German-born, cabaret –singer, and film actor, e.g.., 1930’s Blue Angel. Quiz Question #4 Lead for shock rock band Marilyn Manson, formed name by combining Marilyn Munroe and Charles Manson. Quiz Question #5 Niles Crane, opera-loving, gourmetcooking, wine connoisseur brother of Frasier in American sitcom of same name. Quiz Question #6 Hayley Wickenheiser. Member of Canadian National Women’s Hockey Team since 1995. Revealed, after 2006 Olympic gold medal-winning game that she had played the game with a broken wrist. The End Please visit our new website at: www.women.gov.ns.ca Nova Scotia Advisory Commission on AIDS aids@gov.ns.ca Larry Baxter, Chair In 2004, there were 9,561 university degrees, diplomas and certificates granted in Nova Scotia. 5,769 of these (60%) were granted to women. * George Eliot, writer George Sand, writer George Washington Carver, agricultural and food scientist and inventor of peanut butter Laura Bancroft Edith Van Dyne Suzanne Metcalf? All three were pseudonyms used by children’s writer, L. Frank Baum.
