Evolution of Equality: Gender
- 2. Are the Presidents of the United States representative of the population? What does this imply about our society?
- 3. What does the decision of gender on an individual imply about our society?
- 4. Evolution of Equality: Gender • Gender binary- classification of gender into two distinct opposites • Masculine and feminine • Transsexuals – gender identity not consistent with their assigned sex • Trans man – female to male • Trans woman- male to female • Cisgender– gender identity matches assigned sex • Mix gender roles or multiple gender not allowed • Suffrage/ Enfranchisement-right to vote
- 6. Native Americans • Most were gender equal • Some were (either or both) : • Mar trifocal -family structure with mothers head of the family • Matrilineal system- status is inherited thought the mother • Femininity was related to agriculture essential to community’s welfare • Masculinity related to hunting, fishing and war
- 7. Europeans • Christian belief • Patriarchy society- males are the authority • Patrilineal – status inherited from father • Native women who held power were ignored • Europeans choose male Natives to negotiate • Femininity – household and child bearing • Masculinity- agriculture • Saw Native women as slaves to the Native men
- 8. How did you think Natives saw European women and men?
- 9. When did Women’s rights begin? When did it end?
- 10. Women’s Suffrage in the United States • Seneca Falls Convention – 1840 • 68 women and 32 men signed the Declaration of Sentiments and Resolutions • Earliest known public meeting • After 1960s, it became a historical event • 1920- Nineteenth Amendment – Women’s Enfranchisement • “The right of citizen of the United States to cote shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any State on account of sex”
- 11. Why are men important to include when trying to achieve rights for women?
- 12. • 1893 New Zealand (to vote) • 1902 Australia* • 1906 Finland • 1907 Norway (to stand for election)* • 1913 Norway** • 1915 Denmark, Iceland* • 1917 Canada (to vote)*, Netherlands (to stand for election) • 1918 Austria, Canada (to vote)*, Estonia, Georgia1, Germany, Hungary, Ireland*, Kyrgyzstan, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Russian Federation, United Kingdom* • 1919 Belarus, Belgium (to vote)*, Luxembourg, Netherlands (to vote), New Zealand (to stand for election), Sweden*, Ukraine • 1920 Albania, Canada (to stand for election)*, Czech Republic, Iceland**, Slovakia, United States of America (to vote)
- 13. Why does representation matter?