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Theories of Gender

Theories of Gender. Presented by : Cassandra Stepp-Bolling For: EWS 425H. Background Information. Differences Between Sex and Gender - Sex: What you are biologically born as; XX or XY -Gender: A socially acquired idea; femininity or masculinity. Inventive Opportunity (Post Takeover)

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Theories of Gender

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  1. Theories of Gender Presented by : Cassandra Stepp-Bolling For: EWS 425H

  2. Background Information • Differences Between Sex and Gender - Sex: What you are biologically born as; XX or XY -Gender: A socially acquired idea; femininity or masculinity.

  3. Inventive Opportunity (Post Takeover) No exploration No “rough and tumble” No play in general No opportunity for invention Inventive Opportunity (Pre-Takeover) Occupation acted as a catalyst for invention Scrappers Tanning Cooking surfaces Herbal remedies Background

  4. Background

  5. The Three Theories Why do we behave the way we do?

  6. Karl Marx’s Theory

  7. Marx’s Theory • There is a separation of class • Conflicts will always occur between the classes • History of society is history of class struggles • There will always be the “exploiters” and the “exploited” • Classes brought together by a common interest • Women are one class men are another

  8. Matriarchy Perplex Was there ever a Matriarchal society?

  9. Women provided 60-80% of food Women were active in hunting and gathering Women were first to control fire Women gave birth Women bled without dying Most likely women had more power than men Men were stronger May have acted as a counterbalance Possible equality among men and women Matriarchy Perplex

  10. Matriarchy Perplex • Minoan-Crete most likely a Matriarchal society • Had major female deities • Had no dominating male deities • Can not be proved that it was not a Patriarchy

  11. Take Over Theory The Replacement of Women’s Power VS.

  12. Take Over Theory Reasons For Take Over • Males realized their role in procreation • Advances in horticulture • Population explosion • War • Changes in Religion

  13. Take Over TheoryAdvances in Horticulture • Domestication of animals • Invention of a steel plow • Large scale irrigation • A need to defend territory

  14. Take Over TheoryWar War was debilitating for many reasons • Women were not as strong as men • Were already socialized not to fight • Weapons made for fighting were in the possession of men • Allowed for women to become slaves

  15. Before Takeover Athena Hera Artemis Aphrodite Gaia Ma’at Isis White Buffalo Calf Women After Takeover Abraham Jesus Mohammed The Witness of the Mormon Tablets Buddha Yu-huang Take Over TheoryReligion

  16. Take Over TheoryReligion: Bible Quotes • “If a maiden who is engaged to be married, and a man finds her in the city and lies with her, …[you] shall stone them to death- the young woman because she did not cry for help…and the man because he violated his neighbor’s wife.” (Deuteronomy 22:23-24) • “If a man finds a girl who is a virgin, who is not betrothed, and he seizes her and lies with her… Then the man who lay with her shall give the girl’s father fifty shekels of silver, and she shall be his wife, because he has violated her; he may not divorce her in all his days.” (Deuteronomy 22:28-29) • Judges 19:23-30

  17. Women and Technology Today • Women are still not well known for their inventions • Due to a lack of rights men take credit for many women’s inventions • Women are slowly gaining power again: Feminist movement • Still in 1998 women only held 10.3% of patents

  18. Little Known Women Inventors • Bette Graham – liquid paper • Lillian Malt – “Stephen Hobday’s Keyboard” • Harriet R. Strong – storage dam and reservoir system • Ruth Wakefield – Tollhouse cookies • Jeanne Mance – Prepaid healthcare system

  19. Questions?

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