Truth or Consequences
Gender Related Myths and Realities

CIRCLE THE CORRECT STATEMENT:

 

 
1.

Women currently make up 50% of the workforce.

Women currently make up 20% of the workforce.

 

2.

10% of U.S. households consist of the man working while the woman stays home with the children.

80% of U.S. households consist of the man working while the woman stays home with the children.

 
3.

35% of women earn the minimum wage.

65% of women earn the minimum wage.

 
4.

Women earn 95% of a dollar compared to men (same job; same education; working full time.)

Women earn 72% of a dollar compared to men.

 
5.

75% of all women are employed in traditionally lower paying jobs like: secretaries, waitresses, cosmetologists, health aids, in the service industry, and in factories.

25% of all women are employed in traditionally lower paying jobs like: secretaries, waitresses, cosmetologists, health aids, in the service industry, and in factories.

 
6.

46% of scientists and engineers in the U.S. are women.

11% of scientists and engineers in the U.S. are women.

 
7.

90% of all single parents are women.

50% of all single parents are women.

 

8.

Women own 33% of all businesses.

Women own 9% of all businesses.

 
9.

The companies Turtle Wax, Little Caesar Enterprises, and Tootsie Rolls are owned by men.

The companies Turtle Wax, Little Caesar Enterprises, and Tootsie Rolls are owned by women.

 
10.

Most girls are not physically strong enough for the boys’ shops.

Most girls are physically strong enough for the boys’ shops.

 
11.

Most girls have the necessary skills and abilities in science, math, and the technologies to go into many of the boys’ shops.

Most girls do not have the necessary skills and abilities in science, math, and the technologies to go into many of the boys’ shops.

 
12. 

Nontraditional shops are too dirty and dangerous for girls.

Nontraditional shops are not too dirty and dangerous for girls.

 
13.

Most girls who are in the boys’ shops are not very feminine.

Girls of all shapes, sizes, and personalities are in nontraditional shops.

 
14.

The majority of women in nontraditional jobs must be lesbians.

Both heterosexual women and lesbians work in nontraditional jobs.

 
15.

There are enough jobs in the trades and technologies for both men and women.

Women in nontraditional jobs are taking away work from men who need these jobs to support their families.

 

16.

Women who work in nontraditional careers usually do not have families of their own.

Women in nontraditional careers do have families and children.

   
ANSWERS
   
1.

Women currently make up 50% of the workforce.

 
2.
10% of U.S. households consist of the man working while the woman stays home with the children.
 
3.
65% of women earn the minimum wage.
 
4.
Women earn 72% of a dollar compared to men.
 
5.
75% of all women are employed in traditionally lower paying jobs like: secretaries, waitresses, cosmetologists, health aids, in the service industry, and in factories.
 
6.
11% of scientists and engineers in the U.S. are women.
 
7.
90% of all single parents are women.
 
8.
Women own 33% of all businesses.
 
9.
The companies Turtle Wax, Little Caesar Enterprises, and Tootsie Rolls are owned by women.
 
10.
Most girls are physically strong enough for the boys’ shops.
 
11.
Most girls have the necessary skills and abilities in science, math, and the technologies to go into many of the boys’ shops.
 
12.
Nontraditional shops are not too dirty and dangerous for girls.
 
13.

Girls of all shapes, sizes, and personalities are in nontraditional shops.

 
14.
Both heterosexual women and lesbians work in nontraditional jobs.
 
15.
There are enough jobs in the trades and technologies for both men and women.
 
16.
Women in nontraditional careers do have families and children.

 

Source: www.genderequity.org/book/lesson10.html