Global gender gap is the difference between men and woman in the workforce and all other parts of life. Some ways of determining the gender gap are levels of income. So if a man makes more money than a woman in the same position then there is a larger gender gap and your ranking will go down. The US is currently ranked 28 out of 179 countries. We still have a lot of improving to do if we want to be in the top ten. Iceland is ranked number one. They have had a woman as the head of state for 20 of the last 50 years.

US is low on the rankings of political equality because woman do not make up that much of the political power in the US. According to fortune.com, woman made up 32% of politics in 2014 while Sweden which is ranked number 4 had a total of 57% female political members.

The US is working to close the gender gap all together but as of now they are doing pretty good in the workplace. Woman now are receiving equality in professional and technical jobs. Woman are now the majority in those occupations. Studies have shown that companies with more woman leaders tend to do better than companies with men at the top.

We need to hire more woman in the workplace to close the gender gap. Also to bring our country to the top 10 of the list we need to have more woman in power in politics in the country. Closing the gap between gender equality will do nothing but good in the United States.

http://fortune.com/2014/10/27/global-gender-gap-america/

The native people of the plains of North America were located in the western plains of North America. They had an economy based around agriculture. They were a pastoral and horticultural society. Most were nomadic foragers, hunters and herders. Their economy changed over time with the introduction of horses from the Europeans. With horses available their resources were much more ample. They could hunt larger animals by traveling farther and faster. Herding cattle became much easier and more efficient with the help of horses. And trade also became a possibility because they could travel easier and they had a need for trade because they needed more horses.

The role of men and women was pretty equal in the plains’ people’s society. The men would do the hunting while the woman would gather wild vegetation and take care of the kids at home. Europeans sort of influenced the role of men and woman in these societies. With the introduction of horses the men would play a more major role in hunting and cattle and trade and the woman would help them with their tasks, but the woman were never in charge of these different types of trades.

Most all of the plains’ people had patrilineal societies. They would all take after their fathers’ names. While most would take their fathers, not all did. The Navajo were a matrilineal society. They on the other hand would take after their mothers’ name. The mothers were a big deal in the Navajo society, understandably.

Before starting the class Biology of Gender, if someone asked me what the difference is between sex and gender I would look at them blankly and be curious to whether it was a trick question because obviously they both have the same meaning. But after my first day of class I would be able to confidently state the differences between the two. Sex is determined by your biological anatomy, your genitalia. A male has a penis and a female has a vagina. That on the other hand does not mean that someone who identifies to be a man does in fact have a penis. Gender is what we see ourselves as. Just because someone has the genitals that scientifically say that they are a specific sex means that they identify themselves as the gender that corresponds with their sex.

Gender is what people see themselves as. Someone may be a male, sexually, but they say that their gender is a female. Gender identity is not the same as gender expression. Gender identity is what people individually see themselves as. So if I being a male thought felt that deep down I was really a girl, then I would identify as being a woman. Gender expression is a little different, on the other hand. Gender expression is how you represent yourself and how others perceive your gender. Gender is more than just anatomy. Many people around the world have been suffering for years believing that they are different and have never been comfortable in their bodies. We are moving forward in the steps to make everyone feel comfortable with their true identities.