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 |  Sociology: The Core, 6/e Michael Hughes,
Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University
Carolyn J. Kroehler
James W. Vander Zanden,
The Ohio State University (Emeritus)
Gender Inequality
Internet Exercises| Exercise 1
Title IX has created controversy in collegiate athletics. Log onto the Feminist Majority Foundation Online Web site (http://www.feminist.org) and select "Women & Girls in Sports." Select "What is Title IX" and read the text to answer the following questions:
a. What was the original purpose of Title IX?
b. How effective do the authors feel the program has been? Briefly explain the challenges and controversies the authors cite in terms of its implementation.Exercise 2
Visit The Men's Center Web site (http://www.themenscenter.com). On the left, click on "MENSIGHT"; then "Library." Select the article entitled "What Women and Men Really Want." Read the article and answer the following questions:
a. What common themes emerge from the list of conflicts that arise as a result of the rapidly changing social contract between men and women? How could at least some of these conflicts be resolved? (Be specific.)
b. How were the authors able to initiate conversation between men and women regarding these frustrations? What did the participants in the conversation learn?Exercise 3
The most powerful political positions in most societies have almost always been held by men.
Until recent years, women's involvement in the formal operations of political institutions has been minimal.
Go to the website of the Inter-Parliamentary Union, http://www.ipu.org/.
Explore this site for information about women's involvement in political institutions in societies
around the world. Using this information, and other information in the current chapter, write a
short report about the nature of gender inequality in politics and the efforts of governments and
political organizations and associations to promote change.
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