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    GENDER IDEOLOGY

    and GENDER
    INEQUALITY
    OBJECTIVES
    At the end of this lesson, you should be
    able to:
    • Understand and establish the strength
    of relationship between gender
    ideology and gender inequality.
    GENDER
    IDEOLOGY
    • refers to attitudes regarding the appropriate
    roles, rights and responsibilities of men and
    women in society.
    • conveys that women are viewed as inferior
    to men in a system of society dominated by
    men.
    • According to International Encyclopedia of
    the Social and Behavioral Sciences (2001)
    gender ideology described as masculine and
    • Traditional gender
    ideologies emphasizes the
    value of distinctive roles for
    women and men where men
    fulfill their family roles through
    breadwinning activities and
    women fulfill their roles being a
    homemaker and through
    parenting activities.
    Gender
    • refers to the socially constructed
    characteristics and roles of women, men,
    girls and boys, as well as their relationships
    with each other.

    Sex
    • involves how a person identifies

    • refers to the physical differences between


    people who are male, female, or intersex. A
    person typically has their sex assigned at
    birth based on physiological characteristics,
    including their genitalia and chromosome
    Gender Role
    • a set of behavioral norms
    associated particularly with
    males or females in a given
    social group or system, which
    includes division of labor
    between men and women, child
    rearing and socialization,
    Gender
    Inequality
    • focuses on the rights and
    freedoms for women and
    girls of all ages in the
    society
    Some of the Factors
    Responsible for
    Gender Inequality:
    • Illiteracy: Illiteracy is one of the factors
    responsible for gender inequality.
    • Child Marriage: Children specially the girls are
    married at a very young age. This proves fatal for
    their overall development and have a negative
    impact on their health, too.
    • Social evils: Social evils like dowry system, sati
    system, are also responsible for the low status of
    women.
    • Discrimination against the girl child: The girl
    child is not treated properly in the family. People
    still prefer the birth of a boy rather than a girl. The
    girl child is trained for household work only. Even
    TYPES OF GENDER
    INEQUALITY
    • Inequality in the Family
    Gender roles develop through
    internalization and identification during
    childhood.
    Examples are polygamy, traditions
    favoring men in terms of inheritance.
    • Natality inequality
    a preference is given for boys over girls
    that many male-dominated societies have,
    gender inequality can manifest itself in the
    form of the parents wanting the newborn to
    be a boy rather than a girl.
    • Professional or Employment
    inequality
    In terms of employment as well as
    promotion in work and occupation, women
    often face greater handicap than men do.
    • Ownership inequality
    In many societies, the ownership of
    property can also be very unequal. Even
    basic assets such as homes and land
    may be very asymmetrically shared.
    • Household inequality
    There are often enough, basic inequalities
    in gender relations within the family or the
    household, which can take many different
    forms.
    • Special opportunity inequality:
    Just like the old saying that education
    starts from home, a person‟s view or
    awareness about gender is a reflection of
    what kind of environment he has.
    Thank
    You

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