Anthropological Analysis Of Gender Inequality

In the contemporary anthropological and sociological debate, the term gender has replaced the term sex to indicate the social, cultural and psychological typing of the differences between males and females.

The concept of gender was introduced in the 1960s by US doctors R. Stoller and J. Money of the Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore to distinguish the psychosexual orientation (gender) of a person from his anatomical sex (sex). According to Heywood (2015), gender is thus a social construct and usually operates through stereotypes of “femininity” and “masculinity”.

The theory of gender in the course of the last decades of the 20th century, gave rise to a rather lively debate, triggered above all by the theoretical production of the women's

The concept of gender is closely associated with International Relations (IR) and Politics since it is linked to some enormously important issue as inequality between women and men, the gender gap and the participation of women in the political life of a country.

According to the European Institute for Gender Equality (EIGE), Italy is the country that has seen the greatest progress on equal opportunities in Europe in the last ten years. With 62.1 points, Italy has accumulated 12.9 more in a decade.

However, Europe proceeds slowly, reaching 66.2 points, only 4 more in a decade, explains the institute, with Sweden at the top of the ranking (82.6 points) and Greece slipped to last place (50 points).

The index is divided into six main domains (work, money, knowledge, time, power and health) and two satellite domains (violence against women and intersectional inequalities). The EIGE highlights the areas where improvements are needed and assists policy-makers in developing more effective gender equality

We all agreed that the concept of gender was linked to very actual issues regarding the world of politics and international relations which closely affect women. We were very interested in exploring the nature of the concept of gender and the various feminist movements that seek to undermine the foundations of our patriarchal society. During the Christmas holidays, we carried out individual research: Ray was very determined to explain and examine the many gender identity definitions since it was a topic she really cares about. Lin and I decided to focus mainly on the inequality between men and women, the so-called gender gap and the relations between gender and politics. We met together before the start of the lessons to set up the poster. We worked very well together. I took on the role of organiser because of my lack of creativity, we divided the poster into two parts, in one we explained the various meanings of gender because it is impossible to understand the connection between gender and international relations if the true nature of gender is not explored first. In the second part of the poster, we have analysed with recent examples how this concept touches each of us. although I have also contributed to the creative part of the poster the next time I will try to involve myself more in the creative part of the setting