Unit21: "A Man's Man's World: The Glass-Ceiling, the Gender Gap and other Gender-related Issues:
Intro:
The glass-celing” and the “gender gap” are notions which seem to go hand in hand with women’s situation on the job market. Taking a look at women’s (and minorities’) economic and political progress, we will try to see whether women and minorities are now in a position to break through the glass-ceiling. We will thus focus on the job market to see whether most of them can now make it to the top!
Survival kit:
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Step1: The Glass-Ceiling and the Gender (Pay) Gap:
- Intro: from Unit20 to Unit21: the She-cession
- A few useful resources to begin with:
"Empowering Women in Business"
(Feminist Foundation)
The Glass-ceiling (Doc1c): definition1, definition2, key examples
"Twitter Controversy Over All-Male Board"
"After shattering the Glass-Ceiling, women are falling off the glass cliff!"
The Gender Gap:
definition, main facts, gender pay gap global index (2022)
Doc1d: IENA 2022
Doc1a (below):
Here is another interesting video (Doc1b): the gap is in status, roles, and even toys!
Step1 (follow-up): A few recent cases of discrimination against women:
1. Sexual allegations and sexual harassment in the U.S.:
The 'Weinstein ripple effect' (Business Insider) (cf Units3+11+18)
2. The Trump presidency and sexism:
The Women's March and Trump's impeachment
3. How bad is the UK's sexism problem?
Take a quiz / casual sexism in the UK
Step2: A few glimmers of hope:
1. Events and Activist groups fighting for women's rights:
International Women's Day and #BreakTheBias (March 8) (Doc2a)
Cancel culture (doc2b, cf Unit16) + extra doc
National Equal Pay Day (March 24)
Affirmative action measures for women
2. Inspiring women / female trailblazers:
Rupi Kaur (doc2c) + the poems on your worksheet
Amanda Gorman: "The Future is female" (doc2d)
Women who made history in 2022-2023: (doc2e) + your personal ideas
Firsts: women who are changing the world
(Time)
Inspiring women (Motto)
Ketanji Brown Jackson (Biography.com)
Michelle Obama on improving STEM education for girls
3. A few original creations to empower girls:
The Normal Barbie/ Meet Lammily / 2nd graders react to Lammily
Step3: Pratice + Grammar time (in class/ Ecricome)
Step4: Elvi dossier: Women’s rights from #MeTo to Roe vs Wade being overturned
Coming soon!
- Articles:
Document 1: "Against Abortion Bans" (MS Magazine.com)
Document 2: "Michelle Obama's Reaction to Roe vs Wade being overturned" (Twitter)
- Translation from French into English:
Document 3: "Aux Etats-Unis, le désert de l'incendie s'étend" (Ouest France)
- Photograph:
Document 4: "2017 Persons of the Year by Time Magazine: The Silence Breakers" - #MeToo (Time)
- Cartoon:
Document 5: "Alito's permission" (Claytoonz.com)
Go further: From discriminations against women to discriminations against minorities (+ go further!):
- The Glass-ceiling for Minorities:
"The Glass-ceiling for African, Hispanic (Latino) and Asian Americans" (Ethnic Majority). CfUnit2, Civil Rights in the US.
- Towards a colorblind society?
#BlackLivesMatter (Reuters)
General knowledge
- Feminism and the fight for women's rights:
The Everyday Sexism Project (Time)
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Statistics:
"Positive Trends Underneath Wider Wage Gap between Men and Women" (Wall Street Journal)
"Women in Politics" (CAWP)
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Movies dealing with gender or homosexuality:
Quizlet games created by a former student:
Colle, semaine du 6 février :
- A réviser :
-voc + cours Unit21 / + recap Unit21
-ex de traductions et dossier Elvi
-passif + comparaisons/comparatifs et superlatifs
-vb irrég (R-> W)