Gender Stratification

Describe the system of gender stratification in the U.S.

Using the film Southern Comfort (You Tube), discuss how gender is socially constructed.

Discuss what the film suggests about the relationship between each of the following?
Biological sex
Gender identity
Gender roles
Sexual orientation

Using the "The Wage Gap by Race and Gender," discuss how the gender gap in pay maintains male domination in the workplace and in the home.

Using the concept of gender segregation in jobs, discuss why Latinas earn the least.

Using the interview with Lilly Ledbetter, discuss the impact of women's unequal pay.

Discuss how the unequal division of labor in the home benefits men.

Using the excerpts of interviews with feminists of color, discuss how race and gender intertwine to shape the experience of women of color.