Professional Documents
Culture Documents
Gender
&
Development
By:
Sheila Mae Rosali d.N. Lavapie
Introduction
• Gender
Gender Stereotyping
• Gender Equality
-between women and men is a worthy
goal that is central to progress in
human development.
“The Creation of Patriarchy” by Gerda
Lerner
-gender is the “costume, a mask, a
straitjacket in which men & women
dance their unequal dance.”
“The Gender Question” by Alan Wolfe
-”of all the ways that one rooted than the
way men have subordinated women.”
Gender Inequality
4 themes characterize feminist
theorizing of gender inequality:
Men & Women are situated in society
unequally.
Organization of society.
No significant pattern of natural
variation distinguishes the sexes.
All inequality theories assume fairly
easily & naturally to more egalitarian
social structures.
Gender and Power
Gender
-refers to the different ways men &
women play in society, & to the relative
power they wield.
Power
-is a basic fabric of society & is
possessed in varying degrees by social
actors in diverse social categories.
“Essays in Sociology” by Max Weber
-he defined power as the likelihood a
person may achieve personal ends
despite possible resistance from others.
Determinants of power:
Status resources
Experience
Self-confidence
Gender and Education
Investing in Education is seen as one
of the fundamental ways in which nation
states and their citizens can move
toward long-term development goals
and improve both social and economic
standards of living.