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Women Across Cultures : A Global Perspective

by: Burn, Shawn Meghan

Women Across Cultures : A Global Perspective

by: Burn, Shawn Meghan

ISBN 13:
9780072826739
ISBN 10:
0072826738
Edition: 2nd
Format: Paperback
Copyright: 08/03/2004
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Humanities/Social Sciences/Languages
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Summary

This text examines and documents the issues women face in terms of lower status and lower power around the world and across cultures. The book then discusses what is being done from the local to the global level to address women's issues, empowering women and promoting women's equal rights.

Preface

Introduction to Cross-Cultural Study of Women's Issues

(14)

Cross-Cultural Similarities

(1)

Cross-Cultural Differences

(2)

The Study of Global Women: Rich and Rewarding, Shocking and Disturbing

(2)

Respecting Diversity and Avoiding Ethnocentrism

(1)

Women's Rights as Human Rights

(1)

A Cautionary Word

(1)

Overview of the Book

(3)

Study Questions

(1)

Discussion Questions

(1)

Women's Low Status and Power

(30)

Males' Greater Economic Power

(1)

Males' Greater Political Power

(1)

Males' Higher Status

(5)

Females as Property

(1)

Physical Violence Against Women

(7)

Domestic Violence

(4)

Dowry Death

(1)

Honor Killing

(1)

Sexual Violence and Exploitation

(5)

Rape

(1)

War Rape

(3)

Prostitution

(1)

Explaining Women's Low Status and Power

(4)

Conclusion

(2)

Study Questions

(1)

Discussion Questions and Activities

(1)

Activist Websites of Interest

(1)

Informational Websites of Interest

(1)

Action Opportunities

(3)

Reproductive Rights

(28)

Reproductive Control as a Symptom of Women's Low Status

(1)

Lack of Reproductive Control Perpetuates Women's Low Status

(1)

Reproductive Control Impacts Women's Health

(8)

Maternal Mortality and Pregnancy-Related Disability

(1)

Contraceptives and Women's Health

(1)

Female Genital Mutilation

(4)

HIV/AIDS

(1)

The Agents that Control Women's Reproductive Choice

(8)

Male Control of Women's Reproductive Choice

(1)

Government Control of Women's Reproductive Choice

(4)

The Global Economy and Women's Reproductive Choice

(1)

Religious Organizations' Control of Women's Reproductive Choice

(1)

Abortion

(4)

Legal Abortion

(3)

Reducing Abortions: Contraceptives and Sex Education

(1)

Conclusion

(2)

Study Questions

(1)

Discussion Questions and Activities

(1)

Activist Websites of Interest

(1)

Informational Websites of Interest

(1)

Action Opportunities

(2)

Lesbians in Cross-Cultural Perspective

(22)

The Incidence of Lesbianism

(1)

Lesbian Invisibility

(7)

Factors Contributing to Lesbian Invisibility

(1)

Employment

(1)

Family

(1)

Children

(1)

Safety

(1)

Mental Health

(2)

Community and Credibility

(1)

The Perception of Lesbianism as Dangerous

(1)

Lesbian Feminism

(2)

Lesbian Responses to Invisibility and Heterosexism

(3)

Embracing the Lesbian Label

(1)

Lesbian Communities and Organizations

(2)

Recovering Lesbian Herstory

(1)

Conclusion

(2)

Study Questions

(1)

Discussion Questions and Activities

(1)

Activist Websites of Interest

(1)

Informational Websites of Interest

(1)

Action Opportunities

(1)

Women's Work

(38)

Women's Work and Our Study of Women Across Cultures

(4)

Women's Unpaid Labor

101

(3)

Women's Paid Labor

104

(6)

The Gender Pay Gap

104

(1)

Gender Job Segregation

105

(2)

Part-Time Workers

107

(1)

Gender Wage Discrimination

107

(2)

Remedies to the Gender Pay Gap

109

(1)

Cross-Cultural Variation in the Gender Pay Gap

110

(1)

The Glass Ceiling

110

(5)

Gender Stereotypes

112

(1)

Organizational Practices

113

(1)

Responsibilities to Home and Family

114

(1)

State Maternity Leave and Child-Care Policies

115

(1)

Sexual Harassment

116

(6)

Defining Sexual Harassment

117

(1)

Prevalence of Sexual Harassment

117

(1)

Causes of Sexual Harassment

118

(3)

Sexual Harassment Interventions

121

(1)

Self-Employed Women

122

(4)

Conclusion

126

(4)

Study Questions

130

(1)

Discussion Questions and Activities

131

(1)

Activist Websites of Interest

131

(1)

Informational Websites of Interest

132

(1)

Action Opportunities

132

(2)

Women and Development

134

(32)

Background

135

(3)

Development Terminology

135

(2)

Colonial History

137

(1)

Conditions in Developing Nations

138

(1)

Feminist Concerns with the Development Process

138

(7)

Women in Development Approach (WID)

145

(4)

Income-Generating Projects

145

(2)

Labor Saving Technologies

147

(1)

Women's Access to Development Resources

148

(1)

Gender and Development Approach (GAD)

149

(4)

GAD as Envisioned by Southern Hemisphere Feminists

150

(1)

Development Agencies and GAD

151

(2)

Women, the Environment, and Sustainable Development

153

(8)

Sustainability Basics

154

(2)

Effects of Environmental Degradation on Women

156

(1)

The Role of Women in Sustainable Development

157

(2)

Women and Environmental Activism

159

(2)

Conclusion

161

(1)

Study Questions

162

(1)

Discussion Questions and Activities

162

(1)

Activist Websites of Interest

163

(1)

Informational Websites of Interest

164

(1)

Action Opportunities

164

(2)

Women and Globalization

166

(24)

The Effects of Globalization on Women

167

(3)

Women's Work in the Transnational Factory

170

(3)

The Global Economy and Women's Migration

173

(5)

Domestic Service

174

(3)

Mail-Order Brides

177

(1)

Women's Work in the Global Sex Trade

178

(5)

Conclusion

183

(3)

Study Questions

186

(1)

Discussion Questions and Activities

187

(1)

Activist Websites of Interest

188

(1)

Informational Websites of Interest

188

(1)

Action Opportunities

188

(2)

Women and Religion

190

(34)

Common Feminist Critiques of Religion

192

(5)

Masculine God Language

193

(2)

Sexism in Religious Texts

195

(1)

Sex-Segregated Religious Practices

196

(1)

Reformist Efforts in Feminist Theology

197

(2)

Women and The World's Major Religions

199

(14)

Hinduism

199

(2)

Buddhism

201

(4)

Islam

205

(3)

Judaism

208

(3)

Christianity

211

(2)

Revolutionary Feminist Theology

213

(3)

Conclusion

216

(5)

Study Questions

221

(1)

Discussion Questions and Activities

221

(1)

Activist Websites of Interest

222

(1)

Informational Websites of Interest

222

(1)

Action Opportunities

223

(1)

Women in Politics

224

(38)

Women Voters, Legislators, and Cabinet Members

227

(4)

Voting

227

(1)

Parliaments, Congresses, and Cabinets

228

(1)

Barriers to Women's Presence in Formal Politics

229

(2)

Female Heads of State

231

(16)

Paths to Power

232

(1)

Political Surrogate Path to Power

232

(3)

Political Insider/Climber Path to Power

235

(3)

Political Outsider Path to Power

238

(2)

Leadership Style

240

(4)

Advocacy of Women's Issues

244

(2)

Role of Gender in the Perception of Female World Leaders

246

(1)

Increasing Women's Participation in Formal Politics

247

(6)

Women in Informal Politics: Social and Protest Movements

253

(4)

Women's Action Around Economic Issues

255

(1)

Women's Action Around Nationalist and Racial/Ethnic Issues

255

(1)

Women's Action Around Humanistic/Nurturing Issues

256

(1)

Conclusion

257

(2)

Study Questions

259

(1)

Discussion Questions and Activities

260

(1)

Activist Websites of Interest

260

(1)

Informational Websites of Interest

260

(1)

Action Opportunities

261

(1)

Gender Equality Movements

262

(34)

Forces Operating against Women's Activism

263

(3)

Early Assumptions about Women's Movements

266

(1)

Diversity in Use of the Feminist Label

267

(3)

Different Strands of Women's Movements

270

(4)

The Journey to Gender Equality Differs Cross-Culturally

274

(9)

Women's Movements in Response to Different Issues

274

(1)

Effect of Local Political and Economic Conditions

274

(1)

Women's Movements Arising from Class Struggles

275

(1)

Women's Movements in Tandem with Nationalist Struggles

275

(3)

Nationalist Struggles May Not Enhance Gender Equality

278

(3)

Gender Equality Is Often Subordinated to Other Issues

281

(2)

The State and Feminism

283

(7)

State Feminism

283

(1)

Debate about the Role of the State

283

(2)

Examples of State Feminism

285

(1)

China

286

(1)

Kenya

287

(1)

Norway

288

(2)

Conclusion

290

(2)

Study Questions

292

(1)

Discussion Questions and Activities

293

(1)

Activist Websites of Interest

294

(1)

Informational Websites of Interest

294

(1)

Action Opportunities

294

(2)

Women's Rights as Human Rights

296

(24)

Women's Rights as Human Rights

297

(3)

The United Nations

300

(9)

General Description

300

(1)

The UN's Contribution to Gender Equality

301

(1)

The UN's World Women's Conferences

302

(4)

Some Important UN Conventions and Treaties Regarding Women's Rights

306

(3)

Challenges to a Women's Human Rights Agenda

309

(7)

Moving from Visibility to Accountability

309

(3)

Bringing Women's Rights into Mainstream Human Rights

312

(1)

Respecting Cultural Diversity While Promoting Universal Human Rights

313

(3)

Conclusion

316

(1)

Study Questions

317

(1)

Discussion Questions and Activities

317

(1)

Activist Websites of Interest

318

(1)

Informational Websites of Interest

318

(1)

Action Opportunities

319

(1)

Appendix

320

(38)

Glossary

358

(5)

References

363

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