POLI 227 Chapter week 5: p 132- 148, 165-180

• School: McGill University
• Department: Political Science
• Course: POLI 227
• Professor: Daniel Douek

Document Summary

Contemporary politics needs to address gender inequality mainly in the developing (more issues) but also in the developed. Relationship bw women a political process is embedded in wide social processed: area in which boundaries bw politic feminist mesas and society can be hazy. The social construction of gender: cultural influences take many form but religion has been prevalent, traditionally religion prescribes highly differentiated gender roles, secularization have been partial in their impact (smt going into reverse) In latin america - highly catholic - although church often disregarded, abortion remains illegal in most countries: muslim- majority countries - position of women influenced by sharia, natu(cid:396)e of lo(cid:272)al e(cid:272)o(cid:374)o(cid:373)(cid:455) affe(cid:272)ts (cid:449)o(cid:373)e(cid:374)(cid:859)s (cid:396)esou(cid:396)(cid:272)es a(cid:374)d opportunities. Women and diversity: women are differentiated and potentially divided by social class but also by dimensions such as ethnicity and religion, eg. Different approaches to child birth: notion of identities or axes of disadvantages cross cutting with gender > referred to as (cid:858)i(cid:374)te(cid:396)se(cid:272)tio(cid:374)alit(cid:455)(cid:859)