CANS 200 Lecture Notes - Lecture 20: Stone Wall, One-Man Operation, Jennifer Lawrence

• School: McGill University
• Department: Canadian Studies
• Course: CANS 200
• Professor: Marie Anne

Document Summary

Gender and sexualities histories in canada: an introduction. How to approach the study of canada and canadians from the perspectives of gender and sexuality: wants us to reflect on the issue of identity in different regions, kd lang coming out as vegetarian in alberta. 2 case studies today: pay equity in saskatoon, gay marriage in canada. Looking at how our understanding of sexuality changes from one era to the next. Women started going to university, trying to find better paid jobs. Today, women are most undergraduate students in north america. Once a field becomes feminized salaries go down veterinary medicine. In 2015, canadian women earn 73. 5 cents, on average for every dollar earned by men. International comparisons: pay equity: canadian women earn on average 8k less than men per year, globally, women earn on average 4k less than men per year, canadian women are more disadvantaged than men in pay equity.