What is gender anyway? The gender unicorn knows. Whether it's biology, identity, expression, or orientation, you never can assume anything about gender until you get to know and learn to accept everyone for who they are!
3. What We Already Know or Think
What does “gender”
mean to you? What
have you been taught?
What do people say
about what makes a
boy a boy or what
makes a girl a girl?
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4. What Some People Think
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Born with Boy Body
Calls Himself a Boy
Acts Like a Boy
Grows Up to Love
Girls
Boy Girl
Born with Girl Body
Calls Herself a Girl
Acts Like a Girl
Grows Up to Love
Boys
Boys Will Be Boys
Snips and Snails and Puppy Dog Tails
Prince Charming to the Princess
Girls Will Be Girls
Sugar and Spice and Everything Nice
Princess Waiting for Prince Charming
5. What Gender Unicorns Know
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There are many ways to
be me, and not
everything fits neatly
into bubbles of “boy” or
“girl.” And that’s okay!
6. What Gender Unicorns Know
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All unicorns have
bodies. Some bodies
have parts that are
biologically male parts,
some bodies have parts
that are biologically
female parts. Some
bodies have parts that
aren’t so clear cut!
7. What Gender Unicorns Know
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All unicorns have identities.
Some unicorns KNOW that
they are boy unicorns. Some
unicorns KNOW they are girl
unicorns. Some unicorns
KNOW that they are part girls
and part boys. Some
unicorns KNOW that they are
neither boy or girl.
8. What Gender Unicorns Know
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All unicorns express
themselves. Unicorns like
to wear different colors,
wear their hair different
ways, play with different
types of toys, act different
ways. Some people think
these are “boy” ways and
“girl” ways, but unicorns
know it’s just “their way”
9. What Gender Unicorns Know
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Many unicorns fall in
love when they grow up.
Some unicorns fall in
love with boys, some
unicorns fall in love with
girls, some unicorns fall
in love with either boys
or girls, and some
unicorns don’t fall in
love with anyone!
10. What Gender Unicorns Know
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This unicorn was born
with boy parts, knows
that he is a boy, loves
the color pink and
dance ballet. He grew
up and fell in love with a
girl. That’s great!
11. What Gender Unicorns Know
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This unicorn was born
with girl parts, knows
that she is a girl, loves
wearing her hair long
and paint her nails. She
grew up and fell in love
with a girl. That’s great!
12. What Gender Unicorns Know
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This unicorn was born
with boy parts, knows
that she is a girl, loves
wearing her hair short
and paint her nails. She
grew up and fell in love
with a boy. That’s great!
13. What Gender Unicorns Know
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This unicorn was born with
girl parts, doesn’t really
think of themselves as a
boy or a girl, loves playing
with trucks, wears their
hair long with purple
streaks. They grew up
and was NOT interested in
love. That’s great!
14. What Gender Unicorns Know
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There are hundreds of
ways to be unicorns.
15. What Gender Unicorns Know
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Each combination of
body, identity,
expression, and
orientation makes each
unicorn unique.
16. What Gender Unicorns Know
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Unicorns all have
something in common,
though – they are all
awesome!
17. Here’s the REAL Truth…
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WE are gender unicorns!
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What makes up you
may be very different
than what makes up
another person. But
that’s great! That’s
what makes us unique
and awesome!
Here’s the REAL Truth…
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And just like gender
unicorns, we can get to
know people and
appreciate them for who
they are instead of what
we assume they are or
what the world tell us
what they’re supposed
to do!
Here’s the REAL Truth…
20. What We Now Know or Think
What does “gender”
mean to you now?
What makes you
unique? What do you
appreciate about
others?
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21. Presenter Information
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6th Faculty and
Professional Outreach
Seattle Girls’ School
2706 S Jackson Street
Seattle WA 98144
(206) 805-6562
rlee@seattlegirlsschool.org
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22. Resources
• Joshua M. Aronson, Ph.D., “Improving Achievement &
Narrowing the Gap,” Learning and the Brain
Conference, Cambridge, MA, November 2003
• Allan G. Johnson, Privilege, Power, and Difference.
• Miss Representation, documentary film on media and
women
• United Nations Population Fund Statistics on Gender
Equality as of 2005
http://www.unfpa.org/swp/2005/presskit/factsheets/facts
_gender.htm
• Learning to be critically literate of mass media
http://www.medialit.org/
• Media Guide for Parents and Educators
http://www.commonsensemedia.org/
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23. Gender Resources
• JoAnn Deak, Ph.D., Girls Will Be Girls: Raising
Confident and Courageous Daughters, How Girls
Thrive
• Jackson Katz, Tough Guise, Wrestling with Manhood,
The Macho Paradox
• John Medina, Talaris Research Institute, various
studies on early gender differences in competition and
play
• Mary Pipher, Ph.D., Reviving Ophelia: Saving the
Selves of Adolescent Girls
• Rachel Simmons, Odd Girl Out, Odd Girl Speaks Out,
Curse of the Good Girl
• Michael Thompson, Raising Cain, Speaking of Boys,
It’s a Boy!
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24. Gender and Sexuality Diversity Resources
• Jennifer Bryan
• Gender Odyssey
• Gender Spectrum
• GLSEN
• Northwest Network
• Put This On the Map
• Safe Schools Coalition
• Social Justice Handbook Guide to Gender
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