Unit 5 Gender Differences

• submissive/obedient • unintelligent and incapable • Cooperative • content • take major responsibility of raising children • economical/practical • family-oriented
cooperative
social strong self-disciplined/ determined
less concerned with their appearance competitive
timid
brave/daring
female & feminine
1) [adj.] female ---- “女的”、“女性的”、“雌的” 着重指性 别而言 ~ child，friend，companion，heir，ruler，servant， ward，voice，figure，suffrage，education，animal， plant，etc. [opposite] ---- male E.g. Yesterday we received a lot of guests，male and female，in Victoria Peak Garden． feminine ----- “有女性气质的” ~ nature，sympathy，weakness，virtue，frivolity， curiosity，voice，pursuits，hobbies，clothes等 [opposite] ---- masculine． E.g. a) She has got all the feminine virtues． b) This gentleman has got a feminine voice．
Men
&
Women
When the check comes, Mike, Jack, and Rob will each throw in $20 bills, even though it’s only for $22.50. None of them will have anything generous economical/practical smaller, and none will actually admit they want change back. When the girls get their check, out come the pocket calculators.
4) I haven’t seen him for ages, but I can recall her features very distinctly.
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Questions
What are the purpose of masculinity and femininity?
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Gender Differences
Gender Differences
Gender difference is a term used to refer to social characteristic that distinguish men and women. These include such things as differences in hair styles, clothing, family responsibilities, occupational roles, acceptable behavior and other culturally learned activities and traits. All of these differences are linked to the non-biological notions of masculinity and femininity which vary from one culture to another. • Ways of talking about men and women; • jobs (actress, waitress; actor, waiter; secretary, nurse; doctor, driver; etc.)
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Gender Role Behaviors and Attitudes
1. Clusters n. number of things of the same kind growing closely together （丛生的）簇, 丛, 团, 串: a cluster of (berries, flowers, curls) 一簇(浆果﹑ 花 ﹑ 鬈发) clusters of enterprises 企业集群 2. Know… as (usually passive) identify … as 把……认为，看作，称作
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3. assign vt. 指派，选派；指定（时间、地点
等）；分配，给予；布置（作业）
1) To give sb. / sth. that they can use, or some work or responsibilities assigan sth. to sb. / assign sb. sth. 2) to provide a person for a particular task or position assign sb. to do sth. E.g. a) The monitor was assigned to take notes for the meeting. b）Teachers in several disciplines report that a major part of their preparation is rereading the texts assigned to students.
• dominant • Intelligent and competent • Competitive • ambitious • less conscious of their next generation • Generous • social
• Gender Roles – widely accepted societal expectations about how males and females should behave • Gender Stereotypes – fixed and oversimplified beliefs about the ways in which men and women ought to behave • Gender roles are widely accepted standards of gender-specific behavior while gender stereotypes are rigid, distorted, and oversimplified beliefs about how men and women shd, warm, tender, and animal-caring
Feminine Traits Physiological • weak; • pay great attention to their appearance • • • • • • • • • rational assertive analytical brave Insensitive Passive dependent timid sympathetic
Unit 5
Gender Differences
Sex & Gender
Sex Differences The state of being male and female physiologically The fact of being male or female, especially when considered with reference to social and cultural differences, not differences in biology。
assignement n.
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4. character; characteristic; feature; trait (review) 1) Indeed, he is a very kind man at heart. What you know about him is not his real character . 2) Reaction to strong stimuli from the outside world is a characteristic of fall animals. 3) Enthusiasm and honesty are the chief of his character. traits
Masculine Traits • tall; • strong; • Heavy • • • • • • • emotional receptive analytical Independent Active brave impulsive
Psychological
Social and Cultural
A woman knows all about her children, best friends, favorite foods, take major responsibility less conscious of secret fears and hopes and dreams.
of raising and nurturing A man is vaguely aware of some short people living in the house. their children
female & feminine • female education • feminine education • female voice • feminine voice “女子教育” “适合于妇女的教育”
“女声” “女性般的声音”
2) [n.] female “女性”或“妇女” feminine“阴性”
• People use femininity or masculinity to claim and communicate their membership in their assigned, or chosen, sex or gender. Others recognize our sex or gender more on the basis of these characteristics than on the basis of sex characteristics, which are usually largely covered by clothing in daily life. (Para. 1) (supplementary explanation)
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Women Feminine busy on housework emotional
Men enjoyable rational
Masculine
family-oriented weak selfdisciplined/weakminded pay great attention to their appearance
their next generation
Women love cats. to Men cats, but when women aren’t not or pretend besay they love sympathetic, looking ,men kick cats. compassionate, softlike that