strategy
Changing gender roles
Synonyms:
Balancing sex roles Implementation:
The trend in Asia is for many more women to work outside the home; they are educated, they become "breadwinners" and thus gain more respect from their husbands and families. As there is more recognition of women's work, both outside and inside the household, there is a balancing of women's roles outside the home with the man's role inside the home. Narrower:
Redefining masculinityAchieving gender equalityAdopting transsexual behaviourSecuring equality of opportunity for males and females Constrains:
Restricting sexual roles in family Facilitates:
Restoring feminineCorrecting gender bias Facilitated by:
Empowering womenImproving status of womenEqualizing education accessRecovering marriage covenantApplying a gender-sensitive perspective Problems:
Confusion over sex rolesDiscriminatory toys
Gender abortions
Gender discrimination in developing countries
Gender discrimination within the family
Gender dysphoria
Gender inequality
Gender inequality in intelligence
Gender stereotyping of employment
Gender-biased language
Inequality of life expectancy by gender
Radical feminism
Sexism
Sexist discrimination in epistemology
Sexual discrimination
Values:
ImbalanceSex appealUnchanging References:
Williams, Christine L: Gender Differences at Work: women and men in nontraditional occupationsCrompton, Rosemary: White-Collar Proletariat: deskilling and gender in clerical workMurata, Sachiko: The Tao of Islam: a sourcebook on gender relationships in Islamic ThoughtCarelli, Anne O: Sex Equity in Education: readings and strategiesJansen, Willy: Women without Men: gender and marginality in an Algerian townWalby, Sylvia: Gender Segregation at WorkTomaskovic-Devey, Donald: Gender and Racial Inequality at Work: the sources and consequences of employment segregationFunk, Nanette and Mueller, Magda: Gender, Politics and Post-Communism: reflections from Eastern Europe and the former Soviet UnionKeller, Evelyn Fox: Reflections on Gender and ScienceDolan, Bridget and Gitsinger, Inez: Why Women ?: gender issues and eating disorders Subjects:
Society → Sex-related questionsType Classification:
D: Detailed strategies