Anthro 597
Women and Culture class final review
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- what are some causes of poverty?
- conflict/war, displacement, environment, pop growth, economic disparity increasing
- autonomy
- person's or group's right to self govern
- bottom-up approach
- social change on smaller scale by working with local people
- switzerland, india
- nations with current female leaders
- south korea presentation on marriage
- "there is a picture of a robot..." funny, well spoken, information layed out well and organized, good powerpoint, great delivery and did not read straight off her slides which i appreciated.
- mexico city policy
- no us family planning funding to go to ngos that do or support abortion
- mary robinson
- ireland
- honor killing
- man feels obliged to kill a family member for disgracing the family
- top-down approach
- social change by working with policy makers and governments
- female genital cutting
- custom varies, stitching, cutting, removing exterior genitalia
- benazir bhutto
- pakistan assasinated
- microcredit
- giving small loans to people who cannot get money the normal ways
- srimavo bandaranaike
- sri lanka
- sex tourism
- traveling to a country that allows prostitution for sex
- domestic violence
- intimate, family gendered violence
- political outsider
- enter politics from grassroots citizens movements often during discontent with current leader
- why is political autonomy so important to womens improved status?
- allows women's input in policy making and makes them full members of society
- khertek amyrbitovna anchimaa-toka
- tuvinian peoples republic first female head of state ever
- iraq women presentation
- the guy, he did a really good job, and seemed very concerned with the women's well being, knowledgeable, detailed, with a good presentation.
- why do women often stay in abuse relationships?
- obey, dependence, divorce unavailable, culture
- moral exclusion
- not being emotionally connected to those outside one's own circle
- informal labor
- unrecognized jobs such as trash pickers, recycling pop cans, iran stealing oil from iraq
- glass ceiling
- barriers preventing qualified women from advancing in their careers
- feminization of poverty
- a bigger majority of women than men are poor
- why do so few girls in developing nations attend school?
- too far, too expensive, needed at home
- lima and baghdad
- areas seeing rapid urbanization
- universal declaration of human rights
- un document rights for all people 1948
- what are the main reasons women have abortions?
- postpone kids, too expensive, relationship issues, mother too young, education or career
- political insider
- working your way up through a party's hierarchy the hard way
- what are the causes/effects of domestic violence?
- women are seen as male property, their lack of political and economic power, and low status lend acceptance of it, the effect is the problem snowballs
- why do some feminists believe that rape is the key to men's power over women?
- the fact that men can and do rape women intimidates them giving men power
- how many women have been sexually or physically abused?
- 1/3
- formal labor
- white and blue collar jobs
- can human rights be truly universal?
- no,
- violeta de chamorro
- nicaragua
- evo morales
- bolivia
- romania
- gov controlled reproduction, in the 80's enforced a mandatory pregnancy, women without kids were fined a celibacy tax
- how many people live below the poverty level?
- 1.3 billion on $1/day
- margaret thatcher
- uk supported us during cold war and fought for faulkland islands
- what are the benefits of womens education?
- better nutrition and less disease, lower fertility, good for whole economy, social equity, generational education, self esteem confidence personal growth
- debt bondage
- forced to work usually in sex trade to pay off debts, travel expenses, rent or food
- how many of the worlds girl children attend school?
- 75%
- horizontal occupational segregation
- mens jobs have higher pay and status
- structural violence
- society prevents individual from reaching full potential
- how much do women earn compared to men?
- women earn 2/3 that of men
- saudi arabia
- a nation that does not allow women to vote
- trafficking
- movement and involuntary servitude of people
- are women naturally vulnerable to poverty?
- yes they are paid less, property less, segregated in jobs, 90% care for children, divorce is devastating
- golda mair
- israel
- equal pay act
- equal pay for equal work man woman black or white
- suffrage
- women's right to vote
- urbanization
- moving from rural areas to cities developing countries see it very rapidly
- political surrogate
- stand in for deceased father or husband most common
- why is domestic violence sometimes called gendered violence?
- b/c it is predominantly against women
- vertical occupational segregation
- hierarchy within an occupation and men usually occupy higher ranks
- compensating differentials theory
- women paid less b/c jobs are easier, more pleasant, flexible, have social support, or helps others
- un definition of poverty
- living on $370/year or less