gender and social construction. what are the most important issues facing women in the workplace...
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Gender and Social Construction
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What are the most important issues facing women in the
workplace today?
The world?
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Topics
Gender Roles: Feminism, Ethics, Tokenism, Entrepreneurship, Around the World
Careers: Opting Out, Opting In, Dual
Workplace: Image, Power & Politics, Interviewing, Harassment
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Syllabus
BE ON TIME Email me if you aren’t going to be here Put your section # in the email subject Name documents properly No, you can’t make up missed
assignments Please note the REQUIRED days
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Assignments: Individual
Professionalism Parlor Student Info. Sheet Assessments (online + in class) Current Event Analysis (X2) Speaker Reflection Career Case Study Interview Personal Self Reflection
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Assignments: Team
Powerful Women Presentation Issue Impact Presentation
Teams of 4 or 5? Same teams for both? Assigned or chosen?
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What this class doesn’t do
Foster man-bashing
Focus on the negative (woe is me)
Accept the status-quo
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What this class does
Looks for solutions to issues women face
Creates/offers solutions where there are none
Forces you to engage and be active (even when the topics are uncomfortable)
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What is social construction?
Doesn’t exist in the “natural” world
Invention of society
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Its existence is dependent on OUR culture and practices
•Varies from time and place
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So where does our social construction of gender begin?
What is the first question people usually ask a pregnant woman?
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Baby steps
What adjectives do people use to describe boys v. girls?
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These are then embedded into how we behave as we develop and how we view the world
Kids & gender
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Think about what types of toys you had as a kid
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These social constructions impacted decisions
How you dressed What toys you played with Your hobbies The sports you played How you performed in school Your major
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Solutions to avoid furthering gender’s social construction
Change your approach!
How to talk to little girls
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Other Solutions
Fight the system from the start ;)
What else…?
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Why are we talking about this?
Social construction impacts they way we behave and treat others
•Whether we accept/realize it or not!
Part of the reason this course exists
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Glass Ceiling = Wrong Metaphor
Women may not have equal access to some entry-level positions
Assumes a single, homogenous or absolute barrier to women
Suggests all barriers to women are unseen
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Progress
23% of CEO positions (if healthcare, non-profit, social service, etc. are included)
•Outside of the Fortune 500 = >
There has actually been HUGE social change in just the last 20 years
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More Progress: Education
57% Bachelor’s 59% of Master’s 48% of PhDs
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Absolute barriers are a thing of the past!
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REQUIRED ATTENDANCE