Women in Society: Roles and Rights - Student Guide
Tap to flip · Swipe to navigate
10 cards
Question: List some general physical differences between men and women mentioned in the text.
Answer: Men are physically stronger; women are weaker. Men statistically live shorter lives and women live longer.
Question: List some general psychological differences between men and women mentioned in the text.
Answer: Men are described as more self-centred and concentrate on one task; women are described as more empathic/interested in others and tend to spread their
Question: According to the text, what traditional social roles are associated with men and women?
Answer: Men are described as providers; women are described as mothers and homemakers.
Question: Name discrimination aspects women face related to age.
Answer: Women can be discriminated against for being considered 'too young' or 'too old'. Mothers of small children are also viewed as less interesting to pot
Question: How do wages for women compare to men's according to the content?
Answer: Statistically, women earn about 20% less than men in the same position.
Question: What challenge related to authority do women face in the workplace, as stated in the text?
Answer: Women have to make greater efforts to be taken seriously and to reach high career/managerial positions.
Question: How was a woman's legal/social status described in the Middle Ages in the text?
Answer: A woman was the property of her father and later of her husband; ordinary women had no education and no political or social power.
Question: What were the primary roles of women in the Middle Ages according to the text?
Answer: Their primary role was to bear children, take care of their husband and family, and be homemakers.
Question: How is the position of women today contrasted with the Middle Ages in the text?
Answer: Today women are not property of father or husband, have the same right to education as men, share child-rearing and household duties with men, and pos
Question: According to the text, how has parental responsibility for children changed from the Middle Ages to today?
Answer: In the Middle Ages the woman mainly cared for children; today both parents take care of children and men help with raising children and household chor