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The new edition of Key Concepts in Gender Studies is a lively and engaging introduction to this dynamic field. Thoroughly revised throughout, the second edition benefits from the addition of nine new concepts including Gender Social Movements, Intersectionality and Mainstreaming. Each of the entries: • begins with a concise definition • outlines the history of each term and the debates surrounding it • includes illustrations of how the concept has been applied within the field • offers examples which allow a critical re-evaluation of the concept • is cross-referenced with the other key concepts • ends with guidance on further reading. A must-buy for undergraduate and postgraduate students in a range of social science and humanities disciplines.
Gender Segregation
Gender Segregation
Sex and gender segregation occurs when women and men are located separately from one another, whilst otherwise participating in a broadly similar set of activities. For example, in Saudi Arabia, schools, universities, charitable organisations, hospitals, restaurants, government offices and other public spaces are all segregated by sex and gender (Meijer 2010). In other countries, sex and gender segregation may arise, not as the result of deliberate, legal and/or traditional policies of segregation, but rather as the outcome of a complex number of factors, not least the ‘choices’ made by individuals themselves. Whatever the causes, it is the inequalities often associated with sex and gender segregation that have concerned scholars (Jarman et al. 2012: 1004).
Many writers have focused on sex and gender segregation ...
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