Cultural Differences of Gender roles
In Sweden:
Governments in Europe are typically more active in governing the lives of their citizens than the U.S. government. As such, European governments have used their social powers to encourage equality between men and women. In Sweden, for example, all working parents are entitled to sixteen months paid leave per child, with the cost shared by the government and the employer. To encourage greater paternal involvement in child-rearing, a minimum of two months out of the sixteen is required to be used by the "minority" parent, usually the father. Through policies such as parental leave, European states actively work to promote equality between genders in childbearing and professional lives.
Source: Boundless. “The Cross Cultural Perspective.” Boundless Sociology. Boundless, 14 Nov. 2014. Retrieved 31 Mar. 2015 from https://www.boundless.com/sociology/textbooks/boundless-sociology-textbook/gender-stratification-and-inequality-11/gender-and-socialization-86/the-cross-cultural-perspective-499-10465/
In Chile:
As is the case for many women in the United States and in Europe, many women in Chile feel pressure to conform to traditional gender roles. A 2010 study by the United Nations Development Programme found that 62% of Chileans are opposed to full gender equality and expressed the belief that women should limit themselves to the roles of mother and wife. These social barriers to gender equality exist in the face of legal equality.
Chilean law has recently undergone some drastic changes to support gender equality. Until recently, women lost their right to administer their own assets once they were married, with their husbands receiving all of their wealth. Now, a woman is allowed to maintain her own property. Previously, women were legally required to live with and be faithful and obedient to her husband, but now it is not law.
Source: Boundless. “The Cross Cultural Perspective.” Boundless Sociology. Boundless, 14 Nov. 2014. Retrieved 31 Mar. 2015 from https://www.boundless.com/sociology/textbooks/boundless-sociology-textbook/gender-stratification-and-inequality-11/gender-and-socialization-86/the-cross-cultural-perspective-499-10465/
Governments in Europe are typically more active in governing the lives of their citizens than the U.S. government. As such, European governments have used their social powers to encourage equality between men and women. In Sweden, for example, all working parents are entitled to sixteen months paid leave per child, with the cost shared by the government and the employer. To encourage greater paternal involvement in child-rearing, a minimum of two months out of the sixteen is required to be used by the "minority" parent, usually the father. Through policies such as parental leave, European states actively work to promote equality between genders in childbearing and professional lives.
Source: Boundless. “The Cross Cultural Perspective.” Boundless Sociology. Boundless, 14 Nov. 2014. Retrieved 31 Mar. 2015 from https://www.boundless.com/sociology/textbooks/boundless-sociology-textbook/gender-stratification-and-inequality-11/gender-and-socialization-86/the-cross-cultural-perspective-499-10465/
In Chile:
As is the case for many women in the United States and in Europe, many women in Chile feel pressure to conform to traditional gender roles. A 2010 study by the United Nations Development Programme found that 62% of Chileans are opposed to full gender equality and expressed the belief that women should limit themselves to the roles of mother and wife. These social barriers to gender equality exist in the face of legal equality.
Chilean law has recently undergone some drastic changes to support gender equality. Until recently, women lost their right to administer their own assets once they were married, with their husbands receiving all of their wealth. Now, a woman is allowed to maintain her own property. Previously, women were legally required to live with and be faithful and obedient to her husband, but now it is not law.
Source: Boundless. “The Cross Cultural Perspective.” Boundless Sociology. Boundless, 14 Nov. 2014. Retrieved 31 Mar. 2015 from https://www.boundless.com/sociology/textbooks/boundless-sociology-textbook/gender-stratification-and-inequality-11/gender-and-socialization-86/the-cross-cultural-perspective-499-10465/
Sex Education around the world
In the United States Sex Ed. is taught by teaching the concept of abstinence. Abstinence is the process of waiting to have sexual intercourse until marriage. This idea does nothing to explain how sex happens or the other possibilities out there. American sex education only teaches the harm and the consequences that come from sex before marriage. Here, we are told by our parents how babies are made and how and what to do when it comes to sex and whether it is a good choice to do at the point a person is at that time. Sex ed in the United States comes when an adolescent is becoming a full blown teenager typically between the grades of eighth grade and ninth grade. The United States of America believe to have the greatest way of teaching teens the best type of sex education on the world. However, countries all over the world have different methods of teaching their adolescents the basics of sexual education.
Sociologist Amy Schalet (author of “Not Under My Roof: Parents, Teens and the Culture of Sex” and a professor at the University of Massachusetts) has done extensive sex-related research on the United States and the Netherlands, often asserting that Americans would be much better off if they had the sexual openness of the Dutch. The United Nations reported that in 2009, the Netherlands had a teen birth rate of 5.3 per 1,000 compared to 39.1 per 1,000 in the United States that year (teen birth rates provided by the United Nations, the Guttmacher Institute). Overall, sexual openness is having positive results in the Netherlands. Not only has the Netherlands been known for their sexual openness, they have also allowed gay marriage and they also allow prostitution. These methods in the United States seem to be illegal and frowned upon in many areas or states. In the end, when it comes to sexual health, the United States is clearly dropping the ball compared to the Netherlands.
Sociologist Amy Schalet (author of “Not Under My Roof: Parents, Teens and the Culture of Sex” and a professor at the University of Massachusetts) has done extensive sex-related research on the United States and the Netherlands, often asserting that Americans would be much better off if they had the sexual openness of the Dutch. The United Nations reported that in 2009, the Netherlands had a teen birth rate of 5.3 per 1,000 compared to 39.1 per 1,000 in the United States that year (teen birth rates provided by the United Nations, the Guttmacher Institute). Overall, sexual openness is having positive results in the Netherlands. Not only has the Netherlands been known for their sexual openness, they have also allowed gay marriage and they also allow prostitution. These methods in the United States seem to be illegal and frowned upon in many areas or states. In the end, when it comes to sexual health, the United States is clearly dropping the ball compared to the Netherlands.