gender inequality
... Ehrenreich touches base with many of the issues that todays sociologists are concerned with, but there is one in particular that her book seems to elude to - Gender Inequality, which Chapter 8 of the Core textbook deals with. ... This means that both gender and social stratification are unmistakable intertwined leading to something called Gender Stratification. Very quickly, two words come to mind - sex and gender. ... Sex is a biologically determined characteristic while gender is a socially constructed characteristic. ... This is evident, because all societies use anatomical (biological) differences to assign everyone with particular gender roles. Gender roles are sets of cultural expectations which define the ways that the members of each sex should behave. ... It is the notion of gender identity, which is the mental conception everyone has of themselves as being male or female. There are other facets to gender stratification, such as sexism and patriarchy. ... Sexism is the medium by which gender inequality operates. ... D degree is very prestigious for anyone, no matter what gender. ... Education for longest time was one of the major areas in which gender inequality was manifested. ... Barbara Ehrenreichs account also reveals other issues of gender inequality. ... Gender inequality has been around since the beginning of our species and perhaps it will stick around for as long as time passes.