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** Unit 5: Question 6 ** How has the globalization of economy and technology impacted gender roles, family structures, rise of feminism, peasant protest, religious fundamentalism, and international Marxism? (Globalization of the world economy is the introduction and mixing of ethnicities and traditions.)  WWI caused large numbers of women to move into the workplace ® accelerated the cause of women’s equality.  Most Western nations (including U.S., Britain, and Germany) gave women the right to vote shortly after WWI  In many countries, such as those in Latin America, women slowly gained some rights, but there was still much discrimination.  Even more than WWI, WWII gave __millions__ of women the opportunity to work.  Many women also served in the armed forces.  This all significantly boosted women’s hopes and chances for more rights and greater equality.  From the early 1950s onward the number of married working women rose steadily in the West.  Gains in higher education were dramatic  Under Mao Zedong, women in China gained many rights such as voting and legal equality.  Unfortunately, other parts of the world have not been so great on the whole ”gender equality” thing.  Birth control gave women LOTS of control  Reliable contraception (especially birth control pills) gave women with access to it unprecedented control over pregnancy.  Women had a new access to divorce  Marriage and children came at later ages  Maternal care was widely replaced by day care centers as both parents worked.  In the 1920s, Western-educated Indian and Egyptian women lad large demonstrations for their respective countries’ national independence.  A giant liberation and equal rights feminists movement swept Canada, U.S., and Western Europe in the 1960-70s.  Since then, women’s movements have sought to achieve more than simple legal equality and right to vote-they want full cultural and economic equality.  Generally, globalization has somewhat rendered peasants “obsolete” in that new types of warfare have rendered the peasantry useless.  Student protests, especially in the U.S. and France in the 1960s, had impact on governmental policies  Popular global ideological systems stress secular and social harmony rather than religious concerns  Because of this, religion typically had less of an influence in politics throughout much of the world.  In the 1970’s leaders of the doctorial regime of Vietnam tried to push hard-line Marxist-Leninist political and economic policies, but U.S. used its influence to block international assistance to Vietnam.
 * Social Revolution and Reform from 1914-Today **
 * Globalization of economy and technology from 1914-present has impacted: **
 * __ Gender Roles __**
 * __ Family Structures __**
 * __ Rise of Feminism __**
 * __ Peasant Protests __**
 * __ Religious Fundamentalism __**
 * __ International Marxism __**