19th Century19th Century

• Elaborate

Pornography

Franz von Bayros

The 19th Century-The 19th Century-18481848

– The first women's rights convention in the United States is held in Seneca Falls, New York. Many participants sign a "Declaration of Sentiments and Resolutions" that outlines the main issues and goals for the emerging women's movement. Thereafter, women's rights meetings are held on a regular basis.

ElizabethCady Stanton

In the In the Origin of the Origin of the SpeciesSpecies, Charles , Charles Darwin suggests that Darwin suggests that humans are animals humans are animals and like other animals and like other animals have a natural history.have a natural history.

Darwin proposes two processes important in evolution: 1) natural selection, and 2) sexual selection.

Darwin proposes two processes important in evolution: 1) natural selection, and 2) sexual selection.

19th Century 19th Century • Some of the first scientific and

medical investigations of sex -

Freud & Ellis

Some developments in the 20th Some developments in the 20th century United States---century United States---

1920 - 19th Amendment passed

Women in the US allowed

to vote

1952 - first Presidential election where women vote in equal proportions to men

1960s -“The Pill” available in US

Also in the 1960sAlso in the 1960s1964 - Civil Rights Act outlaws

employment discrimination

based upon sex

1965 -In Griswold v. Connecticut Supreme invalidates state laws

prohibiting physicians from providing contraception advice

-upholds right to privacy

19731973In Roe v. Wade Supreme

Court rules that right to

privacy includes abortion

decision

The 1990s - Women vs. The 1990s - Women vs. men in employmentmen in employment

Women were-•horizontally segregated

98.5% of secretaries71.8% of non-univ. teachers84.5% of nurses1.2% of construction workers27.2% of physicians

---were women

The 1990s - Women vs. men The 1990s - Women vs. men in employmentin employment

Women were-•vertically stratified

3-4% of major corporation. directors were women

•underpaidwomen earned 72% of what men earned in the same jobs

The 1990s - States with The 1990s - States with Sodomy LawsSodomy Laws

Alabama

Arizona

Arkansas*

Florida

Georgia

Idaho

Kansas*

Louisiana

Maryland Massachusetts

Michigan

Minnesota

Mississippi

Missouri*

Montana*

North Carolina

The 1990s - States with The 1990s - States with Sodomy LawsSodomy Laws

Oklahoma

Rhode Island

South Carolina

Tennessee*

Texas

Utah

Virginia

* Restriction applies to same-gender sex only.