Gender, Age, and Health

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Gender, Age, and Health

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• Section 1 Gender
• Section 2 Age and Disability
• Section 3 Health
• Chapter Wrap-Up

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Section 1 Gender

• Read to Discover
• How do gender roles affect the opportunities
  available to men and women in society?
• How are gender roles affected by socialization?

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Section 1 Gender

• Traditional American Gender Roles
• Female child care, domestic duties, cooking,
  housecleaning, the color pink, pastel colors,
  dolls, frills, polite, gentle, passive, reading,
  social sciences, arts
• Male economic support, physical safety of the
  family, the color blue, primary colors, clean
  lines, adventuresome, aggressive, physically
  active, science, math

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Section 1 Gender
Question How do gender roles and the
self-fulfilling prophecy affect women?
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Section 1 Gender
Gender Roles and Socialization

• In virtually all societies, gender socialization
  begins at birth and continues throughout life.
• Children learn American gender-role behaviors
  through socialization, such as in the family or
  at school.

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Section 1 Gender
Gender Roles and Opportunities

• Educationstill gender distinctions in degree
  majors, fewer women pursuing doctoral or
  professional degrees, and less funding for
  womens college athletics
• Employmentstill a wage gap and a glass ceiling
  for women
• Politicsunderrepresented in politics

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Section 1 Gender
The Self-Fulfilling Prophecy of Sexism
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Section 2 Age and Disability

• Read to Discover
• What effect is the aging of the population having
  on society?
• How is the aging of the population affecting the
  life chances of older Americans?

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Section 2 Age and Disability
Question How is the aging of the population
affecting American society?
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Section 2 Age and Disability
Rising cost of health care cost of Social
Security burden to family and younger workers
living longer in retirement
Becoming a stronger force organized voting bloc
(AARP, etc.) focuses on health care, retirement,
and Social Security
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Section 2 Age and Disability

• Life Chances of Older Americans
• Some people claim that government transfer
  payments like Social Security have made older
  Americans financially secure at the expense of
  younger generations.
• Older Americans have to deal with poverty,
  disabilities, illness, prejudice, and
  discrimination.
• Older Americans have become a political force and
  a topic of debate, thus bringing greater
  attention to Social Security and Medicare.

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Section 3 Health

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• What is the state of health care in the United
  States?
• What are some of the special health-care concerns
  of various segments of American society?

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Section 3 Health

• Cost of Health Careconcern over the rapid rise
  in health care costs
• Quality of Health Caresome believe that managed
  care has decreased the quality of health care
• Access to Health Caredistribution of physicians,
  both geographically and within the medical
  profession, has limited accessibility to health
  care

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Section 3 Health
Question What are the special health-care
concerns of various segments of American society?
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Section 3 Health
Segment of Society
Special Health-Care Concerns
often not insured difficulty accessing and
paying for care cannot afford prescription
drugs few doctors in poor communities
Poor
need more care than general population often
poor or on strict budgets sometimes refused
coverage due to pre-existing conditions
Elderly
need constant care in advanced stages sometimes
refused care by caregivers because of fear of
infection often not covered by insurance
AIDS Sufferers
often refused insurance coverage due to
pre-existing conditions life-long care of
illness is often extremely expensive
People with Chronic Illnesses
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Section 3 Health

• Health Insuranceunequal health care exists
  between public and private insurance programs
• Alternative Medicinethere are few scientific
  studies on the effectiveness or safety of
  alternative treatments
• AIDSdeveloped into one of the most serious
  public-health problems in the U.S. and around the
  world in just two decades

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Chapter Wrap-Up Understanding Main Ideas

1. Explain how the wage gap and the glass ceiling
   can be used to illustrate gender inequality.
2. How has the second shift helped to create a
   leisure gap between men and women?
3. How are gender roles and gender identity related
   to the experiences of boys and girls?
4. How has the aging of the population affected
   American society?
5. What effects has the aging of the population had
   on the opportunities in life available to elderly
   people?
6. What health-care issues are causing concern among
   Americans?
7. What is AIDS, and why is it considered such a
   pressing medical issue?