Geography 2410A/B Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Essentialism, Heterosexuality, Postmodern Culture

• School: Western University
• Department: Geography
• Course: Geography 2410A/B
• Professor: Jeff Hopkins

Document Summary

So far, so good : differences between the sexes. One out of every four women on the planet will be subjected to sexual or physical abuse during her lifetime: false, 1 out of 3. Two thirds of the world"s illiterates are female: true. Women, particularly young women, have higher unemployment rates than men, earn less money than their male counterparts and tend to hold positions of little or no authority in the formal waged economy: true. At global scale in terms of birth, health, education, economy, politics opportunities and power are different and unequal between the sexes: women are disadvantage. If born female in canada, one"s chances of living in poverty are higher than if one born a male: true, women comprise the majority of the poor in canada, with one in five women living in poverty. Women comprise just under 50% of the country"s labour force (i. e. waged labour): true, women comprise 46%