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Global Inequality: Status of Females & Children

Global Inequality: Status of Females & Children. Special Focus: Illiteracy and Starvation in the World Learning Objectives:. Social Stratification.

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Global Inequality: Status of Females & Children

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  1. Global Inequality: Status of Females& Children Special Focus: Illiteracy and Starvation in the World Learning Objectives:

  2. Social Stratification • Social stratification is a system in which large numbers of people are divided into layers according to their relative power, property, and prestige.

  3. Systems of Stratification Across the Globe • Estate • Slavery • Class • Caste

  4. Estate Systems • Nobility • Clergy • Commoners

  5. Slavery Systems • Slavery has been around for a long time and still exists today.

  6. Caste Systems

  7. Class Systems

  8. Sex and Gender Stratification • Sex: biological distinction between females and males. (XX=female) (XY=males) • Gender: refers to the personal traits and social positions that members of a society attach to being female and male.

  9. Sex and Education • Women are locked out of education more often than men across the world. • Women receive less education on average than their male counterparts across the globe.

  10. Women’s Status in Society • Wife, Mother, Homemaker = Separate Spheres. • Unequal Human Rights • Unequal Asset Ownership • Unequal Work and Pay

  11. Illiteracy • Illiteracy rates are high in poor societies (about half of all Africans and one-fourth of all Latin Americans can neither read nor write).

  12. Developing Countries • About ¼ of South Americans are Illiterate. • About ½ of Africans are illiterate.

  13. Illiteracy Rates: Men and Womenin Select Countries

  14. Starvation and Malnutrition in the World • The loss of life due to poor nutrition every 5 years surpasses the death toll from war, revolution, and murder during the last 150 years.

  15. Starvation and Malnutrition in the World • More than 18 million people die from starvation every year. 18,000,000

  16. Percentage of children under age of 5 considered “seriously underweight” by United Nations

  17. Life Expectancy

  18. Quiz Question #1 • A system in which large numbers of people are divided into layers according to their relative power, property, and prestige is known as: • A. Global stratification • B. Gender stratification • C. Racial stratification • D. Social stratification

  19. Quiz Question #1 • A system in which large numbers of people are divided into layers according to their relative power, property, and prestige is known as: • A. Global stratification • B. Gender stratification • C. Racial stratification • D. Social stratification

  20. Quiz Question #2 • All of the following are systems of stratification except: • A. Estate • B. Class • C. Slavery • D. Humanism • E. Caste

  21. Quiz Question #2 • All of the following are systems of stratification except: • A. Estate • B. Class • C. Slavery • D. Humanism • E. Caste

  22. Quiz Question #3 • In which of the following systems of stratification is it easiest for individuals to move up or down in society? • A. Estate • B. Class • C. Slavery • D. Humanism • E. Caste

  23. Quiz Question #3 • In which of the following systems of stratification is it easiest for individuals to move up or down in society? • A. Estate • B. Class • C. Slavery • D. Humanism • E. Caste

  24. Quiz Question #4 Due to advancements in gender equality, globally women are less likely than their male counterparts to be illiterate. • A. True • B. False

  25. Quiz Question #4 Due to advancements in gender equality, globally women are less likely than their male counterparts to be illiterate. • A. True • B. False

  26. Quiz Question 5 • Every five years, the loss of life due to poor nutrition surpasses the death toll from war, revolution, and murder during the last 150 years. • A. True • B. False

  27. Quiz Question 5 • Every five years, the loss of life due to poor nutrition surpasses the death toll from war, revolution, and murder during the last 150 years. • A. True • B. False

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