Word: genderization
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Contrary to popular belief, said the study, the main hurdle for women in political fund raising is not their gender but the fact that they are outnumbered by men in the House...
panelist Helen Lopata, a professor of Sociology at Loyola University's Center for Comparative Study of Social Roles, assessed the panel's sentiments by saying, "gender is a pervasive Identity that enters into every social role...
Mothers and Sons was inspired by women's confidences, revealed in group discussions, about the troubling attitudes men bring to marriage. The book also springs from Klein's perception that there were gender-associated differences in the way she responded as a young mother to her own son William, now 27, and daughter Emily, 23, and the way they responded to her. "I tended to be more self-conscious with William," she recalls, "and more spontaneous with Emily...
Curiously, the feminist movement, which has done much to break traditional gender roles, has been slow in turning its attention to the way boys are reared. "Feminists," notes Klein, "have been devoted to strengthening the lives of daughters, largely by adopting male traits. But we have neglected to prepare boys to be the mates of liberated daughters by fostering some feminine traits. Mothers agitate more to get their daughters admitted to a shop class or a ball team than they do to get sons into a sewing or dance group...
Gilligan's work has influenced research efforts outside of her field, says Diana Eck, professor of religion. She adds that Gilligan's ideas about gender differences and moral reasoning are "a generative paradigm for thinking about women and ethics in a cross-cultural sense...