After reading Chapter 10 students should understand

1. The difference between sex and gender

2. How gender affects labor force participation and people's location in the occupational and authority structures

3. How gender affects socialization, educational attainment, career choices and income inequality.

4. How class and socioeconomic status intersect with gender.

5. How globalization affects the organization of work and the different opportunities open to male and female workers.

6. The concept of the global factory.

7. How gender affects women's participation in politics in the U.S. and in other countries.

8. Functiionalist and conflict theories of gender inequality

9. Liberal, radical, socialist and marxist feminist theories of gender inequality

(adapted from Instructor's Manual prepared by Richard A. Schaffer)

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