Women Across Cultures : A Global Perspective
ISBN: 9780073512334 | 0073512338
Edition: 3rdFormat: Paperback
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Humanities/Social Sciences/Languages
Pub. Date: 8/30/2010
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After a thorough explanation of why women lack equal power, Burn suggests what we might do to change this condition. This activist perspective offers the reader a clear understanding of the steps that can be taken to improve the circumstances of women’s lives.
Women Across Cultures examines contemporary women's issues and empowerment from a global perspective. Gender inequality is examined as a historical, sociocultural phenomenon within the context of interlocking systems of inequality such as racism, colonialism, an... MORE
A strong emphasis is given to the variety of approaches and actions women take to promote gender equality and to influence women's progress. The influence of intersectional and contextual factors on women's issues, activism, and movements are a key focus.
This textbook examines the role that culture plays in women’s past oppression and future equality, but argues that the most important issue facing women—their lower status and power—is universal.
Women Across Cultures examines contemporary women's issues and empowerment from a global perspective. Gender inequality is examined as a historical, sociocultural phenomenon within the context of interlocking systems of inequality such as racism, colonialism, and economic injustice. A strong emphasis is given to the variety of approaches and actions women take to promote gender equality and to influence women's progress. The influence of intersectional and contextual factors on women's issues, activism, and movements are a key focus.
| Preface | |
| Introduction to Global Women's Studies | |
| Global Women's Studies Sees Gender Inequality as a Historical, Sociocultural Phenomenon | |
| Global Women's Studies is About Activism and Empowerment | |
| Global Women's Studies Takes a Multicultural, Intersectional, and Contextual Approach | |
| The Importance of Similarity | |
| The Importance of Difference | |
| The Challenge of ... MORE | |
| Global Women's Studies Views Women's Rights as Human Rights | |
| Overview of the Book | |
| Study Questions | |
| Discussion Questions | |
| Women's Low Status and Power | |
| Men's Greater Economic Power | |
| Men's Greater Legal and Political Power | |
| Males' Higher Status | |
| Females as Property | |
| Violence Against Women (VAW) | |
| Domestic or Intimate Partner Violence | |
| Dowry Murder | |
| Honor Killing | |
| Sexual Violence and Exploitation | |
| Rape | |
| Sexual Violence in Conflict and Post-Conflict (War Rape) | |
| Prostitution | |
| Conclusion | |
| Study Questions | |
| Discussion Questions and Activities | |
| Action Opportunities | |
| Activist Websites | |
| Informational Websites | |
| Reproductive Health & Reproductive Rights | |
| Maternal Mortality and Morbidity | |
| Maternal Mortality | |
| Maternal Morbidity (Disability) | |
| Female Genital Cutting | |
| Contraception, Reproductive Choice, and Reproductive Health | |
| Abortion | |
| The Agents that Control Women's Reproductive Choice and Health | |
| Government | |
| Men | |
| The Global Economy and Corporations | |
| Religious Organizations | |
| Women | |
| Conclusion | |
| Study Questions | |
| Discussion Questions and Activities | |
| Action Opportunities | |
| Activist Websites | |
| Informational Websites | |
| Women's Sexuality and Sexual Rights | |
| A Woman's Sexuality Is Often Not Her Own | |
| Sexual Rights as Human Rights | |
| Sexual Rights, Sexual Orientation, and Gender Identity | |
| Efforts to Define Sexual Rights as Human Rights | |
| Sexual Orientation and Global Women's Studies | |
| Lesbian and Bisexual Women | |
| Compulsory Heterosexuality and Heteropatriarchy | |
| Lesbian and Bisexual Invisibility | |
| Consequences of Lesbian and Bisexual Invisibility | |
| Lesbian Feminism | |
| Lesbian Responses to Heterosexism and Invisibility | |
| Conclusion | |
| Study Questions | |
| Discussion Questions and Activities | |
| Action Opportunities | |
| Activist Websites | |
| Informational Websites | |
| Women's Work | |
| The Relationship between Women's Work, Status, and Power | |
| Feminist Economics | |
| Women's Unpaid Labor | |
| Gender-based Divisions of Household and Care Labor | |
| Explanations for Gender-Based Divisions of Household and Care Labor | |
| Women's Paid Labor | |
| Effects of Paid Work on Women | |
| Maternity Protection and Childcare | |
| The Gender Pay Gap: Explanations & Solutions | |
| The Glass Ceiling: Explanations & Solutions | |
| Sexual Harassment: Explanations & Solutions | |
| Self-Employed Women | |
| Conclusion | |
| Study Questions | |
| Discussion Questions and Activities | |
| Action Opportunities | |
| Activist Websites | |
| Informational Websites | |
| Women, Development, and Environmental Sustainability | |
| Background | |
| Development Terminology | |
| Colonial History | |
| Women in Developing Nations | |
| Feminist Concerns with the Development Process | |
| Traditional Development Programs Fail to Recognize Women's Economic Contributions | |
| Traditional Development Programs Have Not Reduced Women's Considerable Workloads | |
| Traditional Development Programs Focus on Men's Income Generation | |
| Traditional Development Programs Have Contributed to Erosions in Women's Status | |
| Women in Development Approach (WID) | |
| Income-Generating Projects | |
| Labor Saving Technologies | |
| Improving Women's Access to Development Resources | |
| Gender and Development Approach (GAD) | |
| Women, the Environment, and Sustainable Development | |
| Sustainability Basics | |
| Effects of Environmental Degradation on Women 156 | |
| The Role of Women in Sustainable Development 157 | |
| Progress in Acknowledging Women and Sustainable Development | |
| Women and Environmental Activism | |
| Conclusion | |
| Study Questions | |
| Discussion Questions and Activities | |
| Action Opportunities | |
| Activist Websites | |
| Informational Websites | |
| Women and Globalization | |
| The Effects of Globalization on Women | |
| Women's Work in the Transnational Factory | |
| Women's Sweatshop Labor | |
| Activism to Stop Sweatshop Labor | |
| The Global Economy and Women's Migration | |
| Migrating for Domestic and Care Work | |
| Migrating to Marry | |
| Women and Girls' Labor in the Global Sex Trade | |
| Sexual Tourism | |
| Sex Trafficking | |
| Conclusion | |
| Study Questions | |
| Discussion Questions and Activities | |
| Action Opportunities | |
| Activist Websites | |
| Informational Websites | |
| Women and Religion | |
| Diversity and the Study of Women and Religion | |
| Religious and Spiritual Diversity | |
| Religious Fundamentalism | |
| Critiquing and Deconstructing Religion | |
| Masculine God Language | |
| Sexism in Religious Texts | |
| Gender-Segregated Religious Practices | |
| Reforming and Reconstructing Religion | |
| Women and The World's Major Religions | |
| Islam | |
| Judaism | |
| Hinduism | |
| Buddhism | |
| Christianity | |
| Intersectional Feminist Theologies | |
| Feminist Spirituality | |
| Conclusion | |
| Study Questions | |
| Discussion Questions and Activities | |
| Action Opportunities | |
| Activist Websites | |
| Informational Websites | |
| Women in Politics | |
| Women's Voting | |
| Women Representatives in Parliaments, Congresses and Cabinets | |
| Importance of Women Representatives in Parliaments, Congresses, and Cabinets | |
| Explanations for Gender Differences in Political Representation | |
| Increasing the Women Representatives in Parliaments and Congresses | |
| Women Heads of State: Presidents and Prime Ministers | |
| Paths to Power | |
| Gender Differences in Leadership | |
| Advocacy of Women's Issues | |
| Women in Informal Politics: Social and Protest Movements | |
| Women's Action around Economic Issues | |
| Women's Action around Nationalist and Racial/Ethnic Issues | |
| Women's Action around Humanistic/Nurturing Issues | |
| Conclusion | |
| Study Questions | |
| Discussion Questions and Activities | |
| Action Opportunities | |
| Activist Websites | |
| Informational Websites | |
| National and Local Women's Movements | |
| Forces Operating against Women's Activism | |
| Early (Mistaken) Assumptions about Women's Movements | |
| Assuming that All Women's Movements Use the Feminist Label | |
| Assuming Western Feminist Concerns are the Concerns of All Women | |
| Different Strands of Women's Movements | |
| Contextual Factors Affecting Women's Movements | |
| Practical and Strategic Gender Interests | |
| Local Political and Economic Conditions | |
| Women's Movements Arising from Class Struggles | |
| Women's Movements Arising from Nationalist Struggles | |
| Factors Affecting the Influence of Democratization on Women's Movements | |
| Women's Movements and State Feminism | |
| Debate about the Role of the State | |
| Factors Affecting the Success of State Feminism | |
| Evaluating the Success of Women's Movements | |
| Conclusion | |
| Study Questions | |
| Discussion Questions and Activities | |
| Action Opportunities | |
| Activist Websites | |
| Informational Websites | |
| Transnational Women's Movements & Networks | |
| The Transnational Women's Movement and the United Nations | |
| The UN's World Women's Conferences | |
| Transnational Feminist Influences on the UN | |
| Transnational Feminism and Women's Rights as Human Rights | |
| CEDAW: The International Women's Bill of Rights | |
| Challenges to a Women's Human Rights Agenda | |
| Conclusion | |
| Study Questions | |
| Discussion Questions and Activities | |
| Action Opportunities | |
| Activist Websites | |
| Informational Websites | |
| Appendix | |
| Glossary | |
| References | |
| Index | |
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