what extent has the sociological study of gender helped in achieving equality between men and women?

Answer 1

Absolutely nothing, Men and woman are still treated differently and to be honest I agree. There are some things women should just not do eg. playing rugby or being a grease monkey. I still enjoy it when a man opens the door for me and pays for the meal on a date. This equality between the sexes was conceived by women who wish they were men. I know that as a woman I have certain strengths that no man has and vice versa. Besides, I don't want to be treated as a man. I am a small and petite woman and want to be treated as such, not treated as a butch because I like the idea that men are there to protect women.

Answer 2

It really depends on what type of equality you are referring to. As a "sociological" influence, I will address women as an economic competitor. Since the industrial revolution 100+ yrs ago, women have gained an economic presence that history supports by leaps and bounds. Under the economic conditions and with globalization of economies around the world, women have come into their own. They no longer NEED a man to care for them, and maybe that could trigger the increase in divorce rates over the last 40-50 yrs. Interestinly, over 73% of women divorce their husbands when they no longer need his financial support. So, in some ways, the sociological study of gender bias and rolls in society have really come upon a pandora's box of sorts.
It rather supports the old saying, "be carefull what you wish for, you just may get it". Women marched to obtain the vote, they got it, they marched for "women lib" in the 60's under the guise of being able to do everything a man could do. That was until, the drafting of women came up on the senate floor during Vietnam.... Then women took a few steps back, and returned to their "feminine selves" again. They started dressing like women again, just go back to the late 70's and look at the pictures. Men were back from Vietnam, looking to be "normal", and the women saw an opportunity to become married with families, so they kind of "dropped' out for awhile. They became a bit of "Harriet Nelson", if you will. However, over time, and out of economic necessity, really entered the work force, only to find that they were viewed as "supplemental" to their husbands income. This became the most recent and still a current issue; wages.
Today, over 25% of women head up over 9% of the worlds major corporations. While that doesn't seem like a large number, it is quite a leap from 30 yrs ago. As an obvious example, just get on the internet and look up how many women are in state, federal and local politics. Hillary Clinton comes to mind as a real threat to men for the White House.
I believe that women have come a long way on the economic level in today's society and while that is impressive, it is still a long way off before we will have a woman president. Someday..... though...
Now, if you want to talk about gender and the male/female roll, well that is quite a different level of equality.
Humans have an innate instinct to be men, to be women. The obvious is childbirth.
Pushing that aside, men will be chosen over women in a variety of occupations strickly as a result of their genetic makeup, and there is no socilolgical study that can alter that. Man will risk their lives to protect women, and women will risk their lives to protect their children, just the way it is.
Men are inherent hunters, women inherently are the nurturers in the human terms. As it should be, men are physically stronger, have more inclination for battle. Women are more adept as peacemakers and comfortors of suffering, and the two combined are the Divine Plan.
Man may build dams over broad rivers, and take humans into space, but man will never be able to infiltrate nor alter these inherent instincts. Even cloning has proven this. ( Time Magazine, June, or July edition?)
Pro-creation, a wonderful thing...

Answer 3

Great question...

I would say that it has at least brought the topic to the table...what we do with it from there takes time, but is definitely working

In terms of equality....by talking about the glass ceiling, (women not getting to the top of companies) they have made it an agenda item... women, whilst the underclass still in terms of senior management figures, have now got the ammunition through sociological studies....men are now a lot more circumspect about what they are saying about it as they know they can be sued and there is a wealth of academic proof to verify that it exists, it isn't just the woman complaining about fairness...

Great question that I could spend hours talking about, but I won't!!