Well I'm not talking about social constructivism; I'm talking about social constructionism. There's a reason this theory is widely accepted. It's not just because Berger is from Stanford U. His studies have been peer-reviewed by other scholars. Of course it's not beyond criticism. That is why these studies are peer-reviewed. And research on this theory is consistent. You explain the behaviors of couples as if they're totally isolated from the rest of the world. Why are men typically the bread-wi…
I'm not saying that at all. These pressures affect men just as strongly as they affect women. But since we live in a patriarchy these pressures relegate women to lower statuses.
Okay I guess you could just avoid my question, but the social constructionist (FTFY) view is widely accepted in the social sciences. We may not know everything about the media's effect on individuals, but we've definitely made plenty of findings toward this end. Okay just look at Joseph Berger's theory on status characteristics from Stanford University. I'm not saying women who focus on household responsibilities are being oppressed. I'm just pointing out the discrimination in the assumption tha…
to hold men to higher and more stringent standards for responsibility This feeds the patriarchy theory. This shouldn't even be a theory. There's an over-representation of males in government. It's a patriarchy.
You're right, I should have said all because it is all. I only said most because I was anticipating somebody finding an exception. Why do you think feminists are lobbying for these programs? They're not making shit up for extra benefits. They see that women are underrepresented in business and want to find solutions. And like I said before, the same pressures that steer women away from certain careers are the same pressures that steer them toward raising children.
Why do you think patriarchies and oligarchies are mutually exclusive? And I do think our society has been designed by men, for men. Just look at all the languages of the world. Male pronouns take precedence over female pronouns almost always.
Why do you think women "tend to gravitate" towards those sectors? The pressures are all around us and can range from the media's portrayal of women to parenting styles. Countless studies have been done to point out automatic discrimination in group dynamics toward women. I'm not saying individuals lack agency, but society definitely limits it. Household responsibilities can't be explained off as simply an arrangement between partners. We know discrimination is present because the vast majority o…
This report shows the extent to which genders are segregated in labor forces around the world. It also explains the reasons why this might be. One of these explanations is how females are socially conditioned by patriarchies.
Yes, family responsibilities are a huge reason for why women might be underrepresented in business and politics or for the wage gap in general, but that's one side of the same coin. The same pressures that steer females away from careers in business also steer them towards raising a family. This also doesn't excuse the male from having an equal amount of family responsibilities. Short of breastfeeding there is nothing a mother can do for her family that a father can't.
I don't think Inspiring Girls is about giving girls a leg up over their male counterparts. I actually don't think it has much to do with school performance at all. The program is not so much concerned with girls' performance in school but what they end up doing after school. Most cultures of the developed world socially condition females to avoid careers that are dominated by males. Girls are often led into careers "appropriate to their gender". Unsurprisingly, these careers are lower-paying tha…
