This document discusses gender stratification and the roles of men and women in society. It notes that while men are biologically larger and stronger than women, society exaggerates these differences by portraying men as taller and more powerful. It defines gender as the personal traits and social positions associated with being male or female by a society. Transgender refers to those whose gender identity does not align with their biological sex. The document provides examples of how media and advertisements reinforce traditional gender roles by depicting women as passive and dependent and men as strong and independent. It also discusses how certain high-paying jobs and political positions are still predominantly held by men, showing that gender stratification continues in many areas of life.

1. What’s In The Media?
Gender Stratification Special
By: Gabriella Spivak

2. Sex is the biological distinction
between females and males. Men
are 10% taller than women, 20%
heavier, and 30% stronger, especially
in the upper body. Despite the
actual physical differences, men
are made to appear taller and
more powerful than women by
Society.

3. Gender is our personal
traits and social positions
that members of a society
attach to being a male
and female. Transgender
which refers to the
woman on the right, is the
spectrum of gender
ambiguity and is the
various ways in which our
Gendered behavior,
activities, dress, and
identities do not match
Up neatly with the
assumption that there are
two biological categories-
Male and female.

4. This is a cover of Parade
Magazine with a mom
and her three sons.
This falls under the topic
of Gender Stratification
because women today
are given the role to stay
at home while the
husband works. The mom
is dressed in pink while
her sons are in blue. That
is a clear example of
gender attitudes and
activities that society
today links to each sex.

5. Society today defines high-
paying professions as
masculine. Women continue
to enter a narrow range of
occupations, with almost half
In clerical or service work.
Furthermore, the greater a
job’s income and prestige,
the more likely it is that the
position will be held by a
Male. The average female
full-time worker earns about
77 cents for every dollar
Earned by a male full-time
employee.

6. The mass media which
Includes television,
Newspapers, magazines,
Advertisements Etc.
reinforces gender roles as
well. Women are
Presented as passive,
fragile, and dependent
while men are presented
as active, strong, and
Independent as shown in
The advertisement for
The movie, “The Great
Gatsby.”

7. In some countries, boys are
seen as more valuable than
girls- because boys can help
with hard work. Here the man
Is depicted as a tough,
Masculine figure in the ad
For the medicine Prilosec OTC

8. In the United States and
other industrial societies,
Women working for
income is now the rule
rather than the
exception. Half of the
U.S. married couples
depend on two
incomes.

9. In some societies, women
have greater power than
men. Matriarchy is the
concept of “rule by
mothers” and is a form of
social organization in
which females are
Dominant over males.

10. Female involvement
In politics is increasing as
Well, although very slowly
at the highest levels.
Hilary Clinton is one of the
many women including
Sarah Palin and
Condoleezza Rice paving
the way for women
seeking a political career.

11. While women fit the
definition of a minority group,
most white women do not
think of themselves this way.
A minority is any category of
people, distinguished by
physical or cultural
difference, that a society
sets apart and subordinates.