WGST 1808 Lecture 4: WGST Week 4

• School: Carleton University
• Department: Women's and Gender Studies
• Course: WGST 1808
• Professor: Debra Graham

Document Summary

Critics, concerns about women and equality in canada: Equality is being on the same platform (standing on a chair the same height) Equity is being given the same opportunities (standing on a chair of necessary height to have the same view) Socialization of adolescent boys (hegemonic masculinity; ideal masculinity) Socialised to think of arts & humanities as feminine. Doi(cid:374)g (cid:449)ell i(cid:374) (cid:373)ath & scie(cid:374)ce is see(cid:374) as (cid:858)(cid:374)erdy(cid:859) Boys continually overestimation if their abilities and girls continually underestimate their abilities. Therefore, young men do not have the grades to apply to university and girls do better academically in adolescent years. More women are new in universities therefore are usually occupy junior positions as compared to men in senior positions. Women are expected to be responsible for unpaid work such as household care, and must be more flexible therefore miss more work and their progress at work. Perception of students towards male and female professors.