POLSCI 1AA3 Lecture 5: Political Science 1AA3 2017 Lecture 6a overhead feminism
12 Oct 2018
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Is there inequality in the distribution of power, resources, and social benefits between men and women even in liberal-democratic. In canada, women who work full-time have average earnings that are only 74. 2% that of men who work full-time (statistics canada) Amongst fortune 500 companies, only 32 are headed by a woman (2017) Political: in 2015, only 26% of those elected to the canadian house of commons were women (88) As low as the canadian number is, the worldwide average is even lower: 23. 6% (2017) Cases where women are subject to social restrictions, often sanctioned through the law, that men are not likewise subject to. Women are frequently portrayed differently (and disadvantageously) in the world of discourse/speech. In sum, there exists an overwhelming disparity between the number of women, their representation in leadership positions, the extent of their economic reward, and the extent of their actual power. Patriarchy an unequal social system that privileges one gender (male) over the other (female).
