In the oral presentation "Gender as an Analytic Category" by Beverly Guy-Sheftall and an excerpt from the book Black Feminist Thought, "Knowledge, Consciousness, and the Politics of Empowerment" by Patricia Hill Collins both discuss the issues of discrimination in our society. Beverly Guy-Sheftall breaks down the difference between sex and gender and how those differences cause altercations between one another. She also explains that gender as an analytic category is essential in achieving equality between men and women, so that the next generation will have the knowledge to rise above all types of discrimation. Patricia Hill Collins takes the issue of inequality one step further. She analysis the idea of paradigmatic shifts, how they are also essential in the process of achieving gender equality in today's society. Both Beverly Guy-Sheftall and Patricia Hill Collins both advocate equality between all people. They both contribute very good ideas that could

When dealing with the concepts of sex and gender problems arise, Beverly Guy Sheftall discusses how gender inequality operates within a society. Sheftall first breaks down the difference between sex and gender and how it causes sexual division between men and women. " Sexual authorities are a biological given, but gender as a function of historical process. The fact that some women are assigned the major responsibility throughout the world for nurturing children is due to gender, a cultural construct." Sheftall says that these types of assumptions lead to sexual division between men and women. Society has categorized men and women into different roles or tasks. Men are supposed to be strong and the women are supposed to be weak. The women stay home and take care of the house and the children. Men are supposed to always make more money than women in the business field. Sheftall describes her concept of gender asymmetry as the assignment of different tasks and roles to men and !

women. This system perpetuates the notion that men are physically and intellectually superior to women." Our society teaches us what is right for men and women, which is a problem. Our society should not tell us how to act due to our sexuality. Men and women need to be equal in every aspect of life. Women should have equal pay, men should be able to stay home if they please and women can be just as strong as men.

Sheftall, Beverly-Guy. "Gender as an Analytic Category" Spelman College Women's

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