Men & Women—Is There a Difference?

Men & Women—Is There a Difference?

Gender Differences

Let’s Take A Gender Test • Number your paper from 1-10. • The following tools are used by men and women. • Which tools will the women recognize? • Which tools with the men recognize?

Name the Tool—Be Specific! 1 . What is This? 2. What is This?

Name the Next Two Tools 3. What is This? 4. What is This?

What are These Two Tools? 5. What is This? 6. What is This?

What are These Tools? 7. What is This? 8. What is This?

What are these Last Two? 9. What is This? 10. What is This?

First Five are Masculine Tools

Last Five are Feminine Tools

What are Men Known For? • Contact Sports • More muscle mass

Men Are Often Portrayed as Stupid on Television!

What Are Women’s Strengths? • Nurturing Children • Relationship Oriented

CULTURE IS IMPORTANT Saudi Arabian Women In Saudi Arabia, women must wear veils to cover their entire bodies. Any woman caught driving a car in Saudi Arabia is executed.

Are Fairy Tales True? How Many Are Divorced? How Many Live in Apartments?

Should Men Cook and Clean House?

Should Women Work Outside the Home?

Terms • Role: A part that one plays; expected patterns of behavior. • Gender Roles: Behaviors/tasks that indicate a person’s gender, (male/female). • Nontraditional Roles: Behaviors/tasks not usually “assigned” to a specific sex or gender.

Traditional Roles • Look back in history and think about how gender roles have always been perceived: • Mom: stays home to take care of children. She cooks, cleans, does laundry, etc. • Dad: Goes to work, does not do housework, takes care of the yard and car, etc. • World War II changed everything! • Women HAD to be sent to work. They started out in the factories doing hard labor.

1955 Housekeeping Monthly The following is an excerpt from the May 1955 issue of Housekeeping Monthly titled The Good Wife’s Guide.

The Good Wife’s Guide • Have dinner ready. Plan ahead, even the night before, to have a delicious meal ready and on time for his return. This is a way of letting him know that you have been thinking about him and are concerned about his needs. Most men are hungry when they come home and the prospect of a good meal, (especially his favorite dish), is part of the warm welcome needed. • Prepare yourself. Take 15 minutes to rest so you’ll be refreshed when he arrives. Touch up your make-up, put a ribbon in your hair and be fresh-looking. He has just been with a lot of work-weary people.

3. Be happy and a little more interesting for him. His boring day may need a lift and one of your duties is to provide it. • Clear away the clutter. Make one last trip through the main part of the house just before your husband arrives. • Over the cooler months of the year, you should prepare and light a fire for him to unwind by. Your husband will feel he has reached a haven of rest and order, and it will give you a lift too. After all, catering for his comfort will provide you with immense personal satisfaction.

6. Be happy to see him. Greet him with a warm smile and show sincerity in your desire to please him. • Listen to him. You may have a dozen important things to tell him, but the moment of his arrival is not the time. Let him talk first-remember, his topics of conversation are more important than yours. • Make the evening his. Never complain if he comes home late or goes out to dinner, or other places of entertainment, without you. Instead, try to understand his world of strain and pressure and his very real need to relax.

9. Make him comfortable. Have him lean back in a comfortable chair or have him lie down in the bedroom. Have a cool or warm drink ready for him. • Don’t ask him questions about his actions or question his judgment or integrity. Remember, he is the master of the house and as such will always exercise his will with firmness and truthfulness. You have no right to question him. • A good wife always knows her place. How Have Things Changed Today?

Non-Traditional Roles • What are some non-traditional roles for women? • Doctors, lawyers, construction, mechanics, coaches, architects, truck drivers • What are some non-traditional roles for men? • Nurses, secretaries, designers, stay at home dad, librarians

The Work Force • More than ever, the world holds many opportunities for women. • Economic realities show that 80% of women who start out married will be single by the time they reach their 60’s. • The average married woman is in the work force 28 years of her life. • The average unmarried woman works about 40 years of her life. • Only 1 in 10 young women will marry, raise a family, be supported by her husband, and live to maturity with that husband.

Complement? • Is One Gender Better Than the Other? • What is the Advantage of Having Men and Women Complement Each other?

Complementing is Like a Team Sport • If Everyone Played Quarterback—Football Wouldn’t Work!

Battle of the Sexes • Get into 2 teams….Girls VS. Boys! • Choose 1 spokesperson per team • As a team, you will be given a question that the opposite gender will most likely know. Come up with only one answer! • Your spokesperson will give the teacher the team’s final answer. • If you get the question right, your team gets a point. The team with the most points at the end of 15 questions wins. Good luck! • Boys, you are first!

Question 1Boys • What would I use cuticle cream on? • A. Fingernails • B. Legs • C. Face • D. Cellulite

Question 1Girls • Where would I find a head gasket? • A. Computer • B. Chain Saw • C. Car Engine • D. Washing Machine

Question 2Boys • What is a “loofah”? • A. A soft shower puff • B. A rough sponge used to remove dry skin • C. A soft shoe that you slip on • D. A type of fragranced bubble bath

Question 2Girls • Jim Bowie, who died at the Alamo, invented a famous what? • A. Cigar • B. Gun • C. Knot • D. Knife

Question 3Boys • In this year, women finally got the right to vote in the U.S. • A. 1910 • B. 1890 • C. 1920 • D. 1900

Question 3Girls • Rainbow, brown, brook and steelhead are types of what? • A. Turkeys • B. Alligators • C. Trout • D. Bass

Question 4Boys • What is a cross between a one-piece and a bikini swimsuit? • A. Bi-Piece • B. Teeni • C. Tankini • D. Tortellini

Question 4Girls • Bosch, NGK and Champion are brands of what? • A. Baseballs • B. Spark Plugs • C. Golf Clubs • D. Darts

Question 5Boys • Which of the following is NOT a type of makeup? • A. Eyebrow Pencil • B. Concealer • C. Exfoliator • D. Lip Liner

Question 5Girls • Pre-mix fuel goes into what type of motor? • A. 2-Stroke • B. Diesel • C. 4-Stroke • D. Rotary

Question 6Boys • If my birthday is December 17th, what is my astrological sun sign? • A. Aquarius • B. Capricorn • C. Scorpio • D. Sagittarius

Question 6Girls • Where would you use a “half-nelson”? • A. On a golf course • B. On a basketball court • C. On a football field • D. In a wrestling ring

Question 7Boys • What is the thinnest type of heel on a shoe? • A. Stiletto • B. Wedge • C. Spike • D. Platform

Question 7Girls • What is the animal that Indiana Jones is most afraid of? • A. Spiders • B. Snakes • C. Lions • D. Scorpions

Question 8Boys • Where on the body would you wear “mules”? • A. Eyes • B. Ears • C. Feet • D. Hands

Question 8Girls • Where would you find a Windsor Knot? • A. A boat • B. A necktie • C. A lariat • D. A shoelace

Question 9Boys • Which of the following is not a brand name of a sewing machine? • A. Husqvarna • B. Singer • C. Sonata • D. Bernina

Question 9Girls • What do you use a “miter box” for? • A. Smoothing out wallpaper • B. Jumpstarting a car • C. Sawing at an angle • D. Starting a fire

Question 10Boys • Which “Boy Band” is/was Chris Kirkpatrick a part of? • A. Boys II Men • B. N’Sync • C. 98 Degrees • D. Backstreet Boys

Question 10Girls • In boxing, a KO is the acronym for “Knock-Out”. What does the “T” in the acronym TKO stand for? • A. Technical • B. Timed • C. Total • D. Tertiary

Question 11Boys • Who wrote the book “Pride and Prejudice”? • A. Charlotte Bronte • B. Lousia May Alcott • C. Jane Austen • D. Emily Dickenson

Men & Women—Is There a Difference?