WGST 1F90 Lecture : Gendered and Raced Phenomenon

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27 Feb 2012

School

Brock University

Department

Women's and Gender Studies

Course

WGST 1F90

Professor

Jenny Janke

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Key terms: patriarchal capitalism (socialist feminist term, materiality of poverty, lico (low income cut off, androcentric (androcentrism) [coming from a male perspective, feminization of poverty, sexual division of labour. Introduction: poverty is one of the most significant barriers to women s full equality. This affects women local, provincially, nationally and internationally. Africa and south asia: global economic changes are taking a huge toll on their livelihoods: economic policies and institutions still mostly fail to take gender disparities into account, from tax and budget systems to trade regimes. Which women are likely to be poor: women raising families by themselves (51. 6% of women headed lone families are poor), senior women: almost half of single, widowed, or divorced women over 65 are poor. 3. single women: 35% of single women on their own live in poverty (under age 65). 4. women with disabilities; the more severe the disability, the greater the likelihood of poverty.

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The feminization of poverty refers to

A. an increasing percentage of women in the poor

B. Rasing issues of poverty by women

C. Coming together with poor women

D. Rise in the birth of girls in poor households

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1. Because many men traditionally have not produced a lot of household commodities

a.	they are more likely to reduce hours of work after a decrease in their wage rate

b. their income effect is likely to be smaller than that of women

c. they can more easily substitute leisure for household production

d.	they are less likely to reduce hours of work after a decrease in their wage rate

2. One of the main changes in the typical family in the United States over the past 30-40 years has been

a. non-marital births have decreased appreciably

b. marriage has declined while cohabitation has risen

c. single-parent families have fallen considerably

d. median age at first marriage has decreased

3. A single mother is currently paying childcare cost of $10 an hour and she works 8 hours a day. The government then decides to provides child care at a constant $80 a day. The effect of this event will be to:

a. cause the mother to work more hours

b. cause the mother to work less hours

c. cannot tell without knowing which effect dominates: the income or substitution effect

d. cause the mother to work the same hours

4. Which statement correctly describes the relationship between Marriage and Poverty?

a. poverty as a whole can be solved by people just having children

b. Children who grow up in a dual parent household are significantly more likely to experience poverty

c. Children who grow up in a dual parent household are significantly less likely to experience poverty

d. poverty as a whole can be solved by people just staying married

5. The real determining "discriminatory" factor in higher education today is

a.	"out of state" status

1) What are the most important characteristics that might have considered cause and effect relations in explaining the slow pace of economic development of low-income countries? Give relevant data in supporting your logics for specific country study.

2) How do you measure poverty, poverty gap and income inequality? Provide some numerical data from your country case study as part of your explanations.

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