SOC101Y1 Chapter Notes - Chapter 11: Class Discrimination, Heterosexuality, Conversion Therapy
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O the culturally and socially constructed difference between females and males found in the meanings, beliefs and practices associated with femininity and masculinity. Sexual harassment: unwanted sexual advances, requests, for sexual favors, or other verbal or physical conduct of a sexual nature, a term used to describe the disparity between women"s and men"s earnings. Pay equality: comparable worth, the belief that wages ought to reflect the worth of a job, not the gender, or race of the worker. Gender equality is equated with equality of opportunities. Believe that women"s inequality stems from the denial to them of equal rights. Believe that male domination causes all forms of human oppression, including racism, and classism. Trace the roots of patriarchy to women"s child bearing and child-rearing responsibilities, which make them dependent on men. Suggest that the oppression of women results from their dual roles as paid and unpaid workers in a capitalist economy: work = capitalism, home = patriarchy.
