COM 1000 Lecture Notes - Lecture 11: Sheryl Sandberg, Collectivism, Masculinity
10 Feb 2017
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Quiz #4 due friday, quiz #5 due next weds. Co(cid:373)plete the (cid:862)e(cid:454)pe(cid:396)ie(cid:374)(cid:272)e e(cid:454)e(cid:396)(cid:272)ise(cid:863) o(cid:374)li(cid:374)e (cid:448)ia (cid:449)e(cid:271) (cid:272)ou(cid:396)ses, (cid:271)(cid:396)i(cid:374)g s(cid:272)o(cid:396)e to class. Main idea of talk: keep women in the work force. Dimensions of cultural diversity: hofstede (1980, individualism vs collectivism, masculinity vs femininity (more as an continuum than vs, uncertainty avoidance, power distance, has a scale 0-100. *the united states rank a 91 on the individualistic scale* Collectivism (group: masculinity vs femininity, a masculine society has limited roles, jobs based on gender. Peak of masculine society was in the (cid:1005)95(cid:1004)"s afte(cid:396) ww(cid:1006) women in homes w/ children, men at work: femininity is a(cid:271)out e(cid:395)ualit(cid:455), fa(cid:448)o(cid:396) fa(cid:373)il(cid:455)"s health, (cid:373)o(cid:396)e oppo(cid:396)tu(cid:374)it(cid:455) for women in society, uncertainty avoidance. Avoiding: avoiding societies tolerate uncertainty and ambiguity. More restricted, less accepting: accepting societies are more technologically advanced, less rules, more risk taking leads to productivity.
