Gender Economics Assignment 2 Prof. Rupa Korde Ronak shah LE2012761090 1. Why do more than half of Indian women not express a preference for sons? What is special about these women and communities, and how can these “positive deviants” be studied as a possible resource for policy design? ANSWER: When questioned about the ideal sex composition of the families, it was clear that Indian women preferred boys over girls. In the following table you will be able to see how it is. I have explained
student success in school, any changes in the classroom that could increase student achievement should be considered. Recognizing the learning differences between boys and girls, one of the changes that could be instituted is single-gender classrooms. Single-gender classrooms would allow boys and girls to be instructed in a way that is conducive to them. Literature choices could be offered to girls that are different from the ones offered to the boys. Science experiments for the boys could be
Critique of the New Policies on Hyperandrogenism in Elite Female Athletes Author(s): Katrina Karkazis, Rebecca Jordan-Young, Georgiann Davis, Silvia Camporesi Date:2012 Keywords: feminist ethics, gender/ sexuality, intersex Research Question/Problem: The policies concerning female athletics were unfair and targeted only women and not men. Method/Approach: Describing the IAAF and IOC policies and uses an example of a female athlete (Caster Semenya). Argument/Conclusion: The policies concerning female
criteria. One of the group subjected to a deferral are men who have sex with men, referred to hereafter as MSM, and women who have sex with MSM. In November of 2014, a twelve-month deferral period replaced a lifetime ban on MSM donating blood. The basis for these deferral policies is preventing the spread of infectious diseases, particularly Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV), through blood transfusions. While the goal of the policy is well-intentioned, it possesses serious flaws and shortcomings.
This research paper will explore ideas and articles related to gender and sports. Research covered will include perceptions of gender-themed characteristics of sport, the role athletics plays in the reproduction of female marginality in society, and gender roles and their formation for male and female school-aged students in relation to sports. Also covered will be information and research on the history and implications of sex and gender testing and verification. After reviewing these articles, I will
to another important element of equal protection, which stated that unfair treatment couldn’t be based on immutable distinctions, such as race and gender, because those fixed distinctions are uncontrollable and unrelated to ability. In the case of Frontiero v. Richardson, 411 U.S. 677 (1973), the Supreme Court was just one vote short of adopting gender as a suspect classification. In United States v. Virginia, 518 U.S. 515 (1996), women rights supporters were very pleased with the Supreme Court’s
experimentation or assisted death. One of those controversial topics is gender identification, affecting elite athletes who have to undergo humiliating medical examinations or harmful treatments, to prove if they are male or female, in order to compete on sports events such the Olympics. All of this while being target of public and media scrutiny. Instead of looking
psychological effects of raising a gender nonconforming child in today’s society. The idea, in simplistic terms, is the raising of a child with the understanding that they will discover themselves without the constraints of gender. A major constraint in the understanding of genderless is the definition of ‘gender’ and ‘sex,’ both terms of which have been merged into a similar definition throughout time; however, the term genderless however does not fall under the restrictions of gender-identifying pronouns. This
Do Same-Sex High Schools Promote Educational Success? By Kyle Neugebauer 3/11/2012 In this paper I am going to try to persuade you that same-sex high schools promote educational success. Single-sex education is an old approach that has recently gained new momentum. When we think about single-sex education, we tend to think just about private schools; however, there is a new push to create same-sex education in public schools as well. There are several arguments and statistics I will use
purpose? Affirmative action is a policy that gives opportunities to minorities, women, and any group who has been subject to discrimination in the past. It is a set of procedures designed to eliminate unlawful discrimination between applicants, remedy the results of such prior discrimination, and prevent such discrimination in the future, such as applicants seeking admission to an educational program or looking for professional employment. Affirmative action was a policy set to diversify institutions