HN 300 Unit 9 Seminar Diversity and Human Services Madelyn Harvey, PhD

HN 300 Unit 9 SeminarDiversity and Human Services

Madelyn Harvey, PhD

Slides developed by David H. Johnson

Millersville University of Pennsylvania

© 2011 Pearson Education, Inc.All Rights Reserved

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



Fractured nature of feminism◦ Liberal feminists◦ Radical feminists◦ Marxist feminists

In 2007, women earned 78% of what men earned



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



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?



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)



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



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



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)



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)



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



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



Comments, concerns, input based on social policies related to Gender, and Sexual Orientation?

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HN 300 Unit 9 Seminar Diversity and Human Services Madelyn Harvey, PhD