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HN 300 Unit 9 SeminarDiversity and Human Services
Madelyn Harvey, PhD
Slides developed by David H. Johnson
Millersville University of Pennsylvania
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Social Welfare: Politics and Public Policy, 7eDiNitto
Traditional gender roles for women include staying home and caring for children while being dependent upon husbands for livelihood
Less generous public assistance for women and children
More generous social insurance targeted male workers
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Fractured nature of feminism◦ Liberal feminists◦ Radical feminists◦ Marxist feminists
In 2007, women earned 78% of what men earned
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Women are not the family wage earners Women’s wages are considered
supplemental, and women are considered as temporary employees
Women had fewer educational opportunities
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Also referred to as “pay equity” Workers should be paid equally for different
types of work that require same level of responsibility, effort, knowledge, and skill.
What would be the implications for the economy?
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19th Amendment gave women the vote 17 of 100 Senators are women (12
Democrats and 5 Republicans) 73 of 435 Members of Congress are women
(49 Democrats and 24 Republicans)
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Equal Pay Act of 1963 Civil Rights Act of 1964 – Title VII Executive Orders 11246 and 11375 1972 Education Amendments to Civil Rights
Act – Title IX Equal Credit Act of 1975 Pregnancy Discrimination Act of 1978
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Increased tax credits for child care and child care funds for families on TANF
Child care affordability Extend Family and Medical Leave Act of
1993 to more businesses
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Roe v. Wade decision by Supreme Court Hyde Amendment prohibits federal funding
for abortions (since 1976) Changing tenor of the Supreme Court
◦ Webster v. Reproductive Health Services (1989)◦ Planned Parenthood v. Casey (1992)
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2000 EEOC ruling to force some employer-sponsored plans to cover birth control
RU-486 (mifepristone) – abortion pill Levonorgestrel (Plan B or “morning after” pill)
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Sexual Assault Intimate Partner Violence
◦ Need for legal protections for victims◦ Need for treatment for victims and batterers◦ Need for more research on best intervention
practices
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Part of Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act of 1994
Established National Domestic Violence Hotline
Strengthens protective orders and prohibits those with restraining orders from possessing firearms
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Prohibited by Title VII of Civil Rights Act of 1964 and Title IX of 1972 Educational Amendments to the Act
Civil Rights Act of 1991 provides $50,000 to $300,000 in damages dependent on size of company
Multiple Supreme Court Cases
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Stonewall Riots – 1969 in New York City Lawrence v. Texas – 2002 Supreme Court
case overturned sodomy laws Issues of discrimination in employment and
housing Hate crimes statutes – Matthew Shepard Employment Non-Discrimination Act
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Over 1,100 benefits of marriage are denied to same-sex couples
Defense of Marriage Act of 1996 Some states and municipalities have
legalized same-sex marriage State Courts are battlegrounds
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Some courts consider sexual orientation in custody cases of biological children
Most states permit single parent adoption regardless of sexual orientation
Joint adoption (unmarried couples) and second-parent adoption varies among states
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Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell, Don’t Pursue (DADT)◦ Congress passed prohibition against homosexuals
in military service in 1993◦ Clinton issued DADT regulations
Congress and Obama are working on repealing it
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Ongoing battles with school districts 2000 Supreme Court ruled that Boy Scouts
could exclude gay members and leaders Leaders of pro-GLBT movement:
◦ GLSEN◦ Lambda Legal◦ Human Rights Campaign◦ ACLU◦ PFLAG
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Comments, concerns, input based on social policies related to Gender, and Sexual Orientation?