Gender And Social Conflict Within Gender Specific Institutions

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Planned Parenthood is a controversial topic sweeping the nation of America with political and moral issues. Every day one could come across a new article on it, stubble upon a news article in their local paper or even on their local news station. Planned Parenthood directly provides reproductive health services, is involved in teach young students about sexual education, contributes to research in reproductive technology, and interacts with legal and political efforts aimed at protecting and developing reproductive rights.

Planned Parenthood’s mission is for every individual to have access and manage their own reproductive system regardless of their age, race, ethnicity, income, marital status, sexual orientation, and/or residence. They value and respect the diversity within their organization and care for the well-being of their patients. They want people to have self-determination for their own reproductiveness and have confidentiality for each patient that walks through their door. Also, they believe that keeping within those areas of self-determination it will better the quality of life and help build strong relationships. “To provide comprehensive reproductive and complementary health care services in settings which preserve and protect the essential privacy and rights of each individual. To advocate public policies which guarantee these rights and ensure access to such services. To provide educational programs which enhance understanding of individual and societal

Throughout this course, we have discussed how the differences in the social construction of gender, race, class, and sexuality have led to discrimination and inequality of those classified under a variety of these categories. Through understanding the significance of these social constructs on society it becomes apparent the intersectionality they have when it comes to understanding why certain groups may face discrimination or inequality. This paper examines gender inequality and how the social construction of gender makes it difficult for the pursuit of equality amongst genders.

Given the misinformation depicted in the media it is difficult to discern what Planned Parenthood does and exactly how it is that they allocate their funds. Though opponents of Planned Parenthood would have us believe abortions and contraception is what they do, health screenings and prevention is a more accurate description. More so given the array of services they offered and the fact that those they serve are mainly from the uninsured and underrepresented minority population. Though steeped in controversy, Planned Parenthood services are of great benefit to society, more so given their efforts in preventive care. Because

Central Idea: Planned Parenthood is an organization that provides essential health services to both men and women.

Researching things to find for this assignment was difficult. After thinking about things, a big concern that has been as issue for southeast Iowa is the closing of planned parenthoods. After reading some different articles, the article that seemed to have some noticeable fallacies was, “Closing Of Planned Parenthood clinics a victory for Iowa women” in the Des Moines Register. This article was written by Maggie DeWitte, the executive director Iowans for Life . Although this article is very controversial and effects the people of our community, it has many fallacies within it.

Although, you can get involved in some activities that they are doing. We attract people to be interested in volunteering by showing the statistics (ex: teen pregnancy rates) and what they stand for. They are people involved and spread their ideas by using free incentives such as, if you are eligible for Medicaid and get enrolled, you can come to Planned Parenthood for birth control and annual well-woman exams covered for free. These services are free with the exception that you must use one of these many insurance plans; Aetna, CareFirst Bluechoice, Group Hospitalization & Medical Services, Inc.,HealthKeepers, VA Medical Assistance Program. We have health centers that are available to everyone in most areas and provide information on many health care and pregnancy issues. On our website, you can look up the closest health care center to you. This year we have opened ten brand new Planned Parenthood health centers. These health centers have been strategically placed in areas that are lacking health care services needed. These health centers have provided women with 400,870 breast exams and counting. This is an example of one way to show your support for Planned Parenthood and a way of showing membership, or the closest thing to it by using our services. All of the things stated above are benificial things you can get from supporting Planned

As a way to strengthen my skills as a community organizers and activist, I attended a volunteer training event hosted by Planned Parenthood for those interested in fighting for reproductive rights on a political level. I and 13 other volunteers met to learn about Planned Parenthood’s community organizing tactics and some of the success gained from past collaborations. We learned how community organizing, as seen during the 2013 filibuster against the Texas abortion bill, can make a big enough impact to influence those not involved in the movement to join. After our discussion, we all took turns to share our experiences with community organizing and how it influenced us to be involved with the women’s reproductive rights efforts. Lastly the

The process of gender socialization reveals much about how gender identities are formed, but gender is not just a matter of identity: Gender is embedded in social institutions. This means that institutions are patterned by gender, resulting in different experiences and opportunities for men and women. The concept of the term “gendered institutions” means that entire institutions are patterned by gender. In a gendered institution, men and women are channeled into different, and often differently valued, social spaces or activities and their choices have different and often unequal consequences. Gendered institutions are the total pattern of gender relations, which includes the following (Acker 1992): stereotypical expectations, interpersonal relationships, and the division of labor along lines of gender. As well as, the images and symbols that support these divisions and the different placement of men and women in social, economic, and political hierarchies of institutions.

Since the dawning of racism, human beings have passed judgment on each other based on race and ethnicity. The views of people based on their skin color, place of origin, or their cultural background have caused a stratification of men and women. We now have majority and minority groups, hate groups, ethnic enclaves, segregation, income differences, and have even experienced mass genocide in our world (Carl, 2011). All of these are direct effects of a persons race or ethnicity. These all provide humans with a struggle between each other for various resources. Race and ethnic stratification is an integral example of conflict theory because a competition for resources takes place between people coming from different

Another integral part of Planned Parenthood’s operation is its outreach and educational services. As the organizations goal is to

When describing something that influences your gender, most people would assume that your “sex” or our biological identification given to us at birth would be the most definite source; however there are multiple factors and processes that contribute to one’s gender identity. The multitudes of institutions that assist in the socialization of an individual vary from person to person, but are all beneficial in creating a sense of gender. According to Michael Messner, there are two types of institutions, the gendered and the gendering. The gendered institution is described by Messner as “an institution constructed by gender relations. As such, its structures and values (rules, formal organizations, sex composition, etc.) reflect dominant

However, from a different perspective Social Conflict Approach, Karl Max defined the Social Conflict Approach as a framework for building theory that sees society as an arena of inequality that generates conflict and changes. Conflict theory usually emphasizes on negative, conflicted and ever-changing nature of society. Unlike functionalists who defended the status quo, avoid social change and believe people works together to effect social order, conflict theories challenge the status quo, encourage social change and believe rich and powerful people force social order on the weak and poor. Now the problem is how far do social conflict theories relate to the educational system? As illustrated by Marxist theorists Althusser, education socially

It’s commonly known for boys to be better than girls. For years it’s always been a war against who’s better? Growing up its always been girls and boys could only participate and play with certain things. It was normally like girls would only be able to play with all the girly things while boys have play with all the boy things.