Gender Inequality and Family Issues - Faculty & Staff



Lecture Outline Gender Inequality and Family Issues

Group Discussion issues to consider:

Gender: 1. How are children Socialized into Gender, by parents, peers, & schools? Conflict? Which is stronger? How do kids reconcile conflicts in forming identities? (Rdg. 21 Risman, Ch & Vig)

2. How & why was the American male betrayed? What have they lost? Economic changes? What is “ornamental culture”/ superficial masculinity? Why no male revolt? (Faludi Rdg. 22, Ch & Vig).

3. How common is sexual violence against women and children? How does early child-father link reduce male family violence? What are some common forms & details of-- trafficking in women, Rape as weapon of war, & “non-normative” vs. normative rape”? (Penn & Nardos, #23 in Ch & Vig.)

-- Examples in “Enrique’s Journey, (Nazario ch. 3)?

Gay & Lesbian rights: 4. Consider equal rights for homosexuals in a wide range social institutions (workplace, schools, family, healthcare, etc.)? What are the pro’s & con’s of gay marriage? Civil unions as an alternative re: legal rights & protection? (Seidman, rdg. 27 in Ch. & Vig.)

5. What are Gay Rights in Europe compared to rights for other minority groups, compared to U.S.? (Sengupta #12 in Eitzen)

Family: 6. What wrong with Child Care in America (cost & quality)? What might be done to improve it? (Bergman & Helburn rdg. 35 in Ch. & Vig.; Gornick & Meyers #16 in Eitzen)

7. Why and how are working families under strain, esp. re: childcare? What are the pro’s and con’s of parents working different shifts (kids, relationship)? (Rubin web rdg.)

8. Compare US vs. European Govt. Policies & spending for family leave and child care. How could US improve? (Gornick & Meyers #16 in Eitzen)

9. What are the Effects of Divorce on children? How large (esp. compared to no-divorced families)? How do income decreases, moving, and custody conflicts affect kids? How can negative effects of divorce be lessened? (Coontz, rdg. 33 in Ch & Vig.)

10. What family issues are present in “Enrique’s Journey” (Nazario book)?

Lecture:

Sex

Gender & Gender roles (drawing on Risman rdg. 21 in Ch. & Vig. a lot here)

Sexual Orientation

Relationship between all 3 of these factors (not so straightforward always…) & Examples of each…

Wage gap (What is it & how much it is).

Walmart example

4 explanations for wage gap (& related education and occupation data)

& within # 4 Discrimination -- Sexual Harassment (definition & 2 types, & examples)

Guest lecture (Karen Hughes) on Domestic Violence in MWF class

Definition of domestic violence, Cycle of violence, power & control key issue & ways it shows up (wheel of…), Signs of batterer personality, why victims stay, etc.

OR Guest Lecture (Dee Copeland) on Dating Violence & Rape in T/TH class

Victim/offender relationship, power and control key issue, which age of women most likely victim, role of alcohol & risk, victim impact, Signs of possible victimization, sogns of possible batterer, etc.

Stresses for US Working-class families, esp. opposite shift worker couples…& how relationship suffers. (Rubin web rd.)

Childcare as key issue (Rubin web rdg., Gornick & Meyers rdg. 16 in Eitzen, Bergman & Helburn rdg. 35 in Ch. & Vig.)

Cost & quality problems in US; vs. European alternative of paid parental leave and fee-low cost childe care (Gornick & Meyers on the EU alternative model)

Effects of Divorce on kids: How large (esp. compared to no-divorced families). Effects of income decreases, moving, and custody conflicts affect kids? High conflict parents key issue (Coontz, rdg. 33 in Ch & Vig.)

Child Support non-payment as problem…

Did not lecture on but things to be aware of for the test:

-- How widespread are equal rights for homosexuals in a wide range social institutions (workplace, schools, family, healthcare, etc.)? What are the pro’s & con’s of gay marriage? Civil unions as an alternative re: legal rights & protection? (Seidman, rdg. 27 in Ch. & Vig.)

-- What are Gay Rights in Europe compared to rights for other minority groups, compared to U.S.? (Sengupta #12 in Eitzen.

-- What have American men lost, esp. via Economic changes? What is “ornamental culture”/ superficial masculinity? (Faludi Rdg. 22, Ch & Vig).

-- Obviously, a lot of information in Penn & Nardos, #23 in Ch & Vig. fits with our guest lecture, from this reading know some of forms of violence against women and children and how common this problem is overall.

Also, what is the difference between “non-normative rape” and “normative rape”

-- What sort of sexual inequality & violence was present in Nazario ch. 3 (”Enrique’s Journey”)?

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