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What is "gender"?

By Ekaterina Pritula

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What does the term "gender"?

"gender" - is "not the physical differences between men and women, and socially molded features of masculinity and femininity."

(social expectations of behavior regarded as appropriate for men and women) Anthony Giddens

Our gender - this behavior and the role that we learn how women and men (to be / to realize themselves as male or female in a particular society)! Social / constructed

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Sex and gender

gender (social, cultural, psychological peculiarities position of women and men)

Gender (physical, physiological, biological differences between men and women)

"separation of sex and gender is fundamental, because a lot of differences between women and men are conditioned by factors which are not biological in nature"

Traditional breeding roles to "male" and "female", which is considered to be "natural", caused by natural instincts, is the result of a certain type of socialization, education and training

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When and how the question of women's rights?

human rights, the equality of all people before the law starts and changes of opinion on the appointment of women to assess their role in society, finally, in their status, which in the traditional manner is based on their function continuer kind.

women won back three groups of rights - political (civil-Burzh.rev), socio-economic (prom.rev) reproductive rights (kult.rev).! Social status

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What is Feminism? (philosophy or ideology of women's equality)

the idea of civil equality of men and women, called "feminism"

"Declaration of the rights of women and of the citizen" Olimpia de Gouges 1791

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Gender equality: concepts and categories

Gender equality / gender equality (ehalitarnist) suggests that

women and men should have equal share in the social power equal access to public resources!

Authorities (political, economical, cultural and symbolic) resources / production / reproduction, distribution, control

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Gender concept

Ethnic nationalism and "remnants" of the Soviet political traditions instead of citizenship

Family and tribal ties rather than professionalism "Gender Mainstreaming" as a platform for

domestication and use of female resources women's NGOs focus on social rather than political

participation / formation of subjectivity Women's practice of "terrible perfection" and

subordination instead patriarchal deconstruction of power relations.

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Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women, adopted by the UN in 1979

incorporate the principle of equality of men and women in the Constitution and other laws and ensure its practical implementation;

if necessary, use special sanctions that prohibit discrimination against women;

take action to change existing laws, customs and practices that discriminate against women are represented;

ensure the equal right of men and women to the enjoyment of all economic, social, cultural, civil and political rights.

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