Evolution of Equality

Are the Presidents of the United States representative of the

population? What does this imply about our society?

What does the decision of gender on an individual imply about our

society?

Evolution of Equality: Gender• Gender binary- classification of gender into two distinct opposites • Masculine and feminine • Transsexuals – gender identity not consistent with their assigned

sex • Trans man – female to male• Trans woman- male to female

• Cisgender– gender identity matches assigned sex • Mix gender roles or multiple gender not allowed • Suffrage/ Enfranchisement-right to vote

Native Americans

• Most were gender equal • Some were (either or both) :

• Mar trifocal -family structure with mothers head of the family

• Matrilineal system- status is inherited thought the mother

• Femininity was related to agriculture essential to community’s welfare

• Masculinity related to hunting, fishing and war

Europeans• Christian belief • Patriarchy society- males are the authority • Patrilineal – status inherited from father • Native women who held power were ignored • Europeans choose male Natives to negotiate • Femininity – household and child bearing • Masculinity- agriculture • Saw Native women as slaves to the Native men

How did you think Natives saw European women and men?

When did Women’s rights begin? When did it end?

Women’s Suffrage in the United States

• Seneca Falls Convention – 1840• 68 women and 32 men signed the Declaration of Sentiments

and Resolutions • Earliest known public meeting • After 1960s, it became a historical event

• 1920- Nineteenth Amendment – Women’s Enfranchisement • “The right of citizen of the United States to cote shall not be

denied or abridged by the United States or by any State on account of sex”

Why are men important to include when trying to achieve rights for

women?

• 1893 New Zealand (to vote)• 1902 Australia*• 1906 Finland• 1907 Norway (to stand for election)*• 1913 Norway**• 1915 Denmark, Iceland*• 1917 Canada (to vote)*, Netherlands (to stand for election)• 1918 Austria, Canada (to vote)*, Estonia, Georgia1, Germany,

Hungary, Ireland*, Kyrgyzstan, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Russian Federation, United Kingdom*

• 1919 Belarus, Belgium (to vote)*, Luxembourg, Netherlands (to vote), New Zealand (to stand for election), Sweden*, Ukraine

• 1920 Albania, Canada (to stand for election)*, Czech Republic, Iceland**, Slovakia, United States of America (to vote)

Why does representation matter?