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Gender Equality

Presented by Marcus Uhlig, Isabelle Anderson, Everett Darrington, Floren Kahan

Introduction

To what extent does gender inequality affect the lives of young adults in America?

Introduction

Solutions:

1.) Leave gender equality the way it is and let it continue at its current pace

2.) Inform parents to teach their kids gender equality at home.

3.) Inform teachers and educational structures to teach younger generations gender equality.

Political & Historical Point of View

  • Femenism
  • 3 waves
  • Final wave
  • Males
  • Aren't as involved
  • Needed to advance the womens movement
  • Political leaders
  • Lyndon B Johnson, JFK, Brack Obama
  • Inequality strides

Furturistic Considerations

Marriage Scripts- Role Reversal in House holds

Furturistic Considerations

Men:

  • since 1990 the amount of men staying at home had increase by 12%
  • in 1989 to 1012 the amount of men staying at home with the family was originally only 1 million to 2 million +

Women:

  • women are no longer staying in the house and watching the children
  • “20% of women have joined the workforce after WW2”

"Almost nobody is living out the kind of gender script or marriage script that their parents did. And we find...

"Almost nobody is living out the kind of gender script or marriage script that their parents did. And we find a lot of social confusion." Jake Myers - The Future Of Men

Economic Growth with Equal Wages

Economic Growth with Equal Wages

  • “if women’s employment patterns had remained unchanged for the last three decades, the economy would be about 11 percent smaller, translating into $1.7 trillion in lost economic output in 2012”

  • “millennial men — who have competed with girls in school and on the job and have had women bosses — are likely to see women as equals.”

Wage Gap

Wage Gap

  • Women earn 79 cents on every dollar men make

  • Nearly 75% of women are in work after university, compared with 71% of males

Social Implications

How gender equality affects Gender violence

Social Implications

  • " In 2013... males accounted for 79.9 percent of persons arrested for violent crimes" (Kimmel 449).

Mental Illness: does it correlate?

Yes

Mental Illness: does it correlate?

  • "Depressive disorders account for close to 41.9% of the disability from neuropsychiatric disorders among women compared to 29.3% among men" (World Health Organization).

  • "As the participation of women in the workforce has increased, stress differences between women and men have decreased" (Mayor).

Conclusion/Limitations

Solution:

  • To inform teachers and educational structures to teach younger generations gender equality.

Limitations:

  • “67 percent of kids in single-sex classes cited an increase in their self-esteem and 87 percent of parents reported a boost in their child's motivation” (“Should Girls and Boys”).
  • “boys and girls learn-and teach each other-what are the appropriate behaviors and experiences” for everyday social life. (Kimmel 207)

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