Taneesha Davis
May 1, 2014
Sociology Blog
Northern Illinois University
Gender Stratification and How Society
Views it
According to Macionis
(2014) gender is “the personal traits and social positions that members of a
society attach to being a female or male”. I find this definition to be very
narrow to a broad word. Gender can mean many things, to many different cultures
and race. I believe that women and men should be treated as equal human beings,
not according to sex or gender stratification. Macionis (2014) identifies
gender stratification to be “the unequal distribution of wealth, power, and
privilege between men and women”. In reality, gender shapes our lives and
everyone’s potential to follow their dreams. Gender stratification also
determines the future opportunities for each gender. Gender stratification also
refers to how men and women are differenced with there being a hierarchy and
how men can get paid more than women, no matter what is the career.
My reason for picking
this chapter is because one day Professor Weffer made me realize that being a
female actually sucks. There are certain jobs for 73 percent of women in
America that are called pink-collar jobs and those are still not compatible to
men’s salary. Being an intelligent woman does not compare to an illiterate male
money wise. Our country shows in salary how there are different and how women
can’t work some jobs men can. I feel like if a women can pass her test, the
same test a male takes to have a job, there shouldn’t be a problem. Gender
stratification is viewed in today’s society as women being the caregiver and
men bring home the bacon.
Women are underappreciated for our abilities and our
strength. In today’s generation, there are more women to enter the police
field, and to become judges. As Professor Weffer stated “No matter how much
women try, men will always be first.” As for being the President of the United
States, it was kind of a close run for Sarah Palin in 2004. Another statement
that Professor Weffer stated in class was “The reason why women are not the
President of the United States is because the society believes that women are
too emotional.” I find this statement to be very disturbing, how our society
can judge a female, based on her gender. According to Macionis (2014) the
definition of sexism is “the belief that one sex is innately superior to the
other”. Sexism can be an advantage to me as well. Men can have their privileges
come from a high price. In conclusion of sexism, men look for control over
women, but the turn out of that is that men lose opportunities for intimacy and
trust within women. In reality, the reason stated above separates men from
everyone.
The reason for typing this blog is show that gender
roles shouldn’t affect someone’s future career. A gender role is a “attitude
and activity that society links to each sex”. Culture sees males as leaders and
women as a team player, which is not accurate. As a female, I would want as
much power as a male.
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