This document discusses gender neutrality, gender sensitivity, and gender androgyny. It defines gender neutrality as not being associated with either women or men, and discusses how in the 17th century people used gender neutral terms and clothing more commonly. It notes challenges maintaining neutrality in society due to biases. Gender sensitivity aims to reduce inequality barriers between men and women. It quotes that at the end, men's and women's graves are identical. Gender androgyny is defined as possessing both masculine and feminine characteristics. It gained prominence in the 1970s and is distinct from being transgender. Androgynous individuals may dress in a typically male way but have a slightly feminine appearance. Studies suggest

1. Gender
Neutrality,
Gender
Sensitivity &
Gender
Androgyny

2. 1.
Gender
Neutrality

3. What is Gender
Neutrality ??
The term 'gender-neutral'
means that something is
not associated with either
women or men. It may
refer to various aspects
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4. ✘ Back in 17th Century European people
mostly used the phrase they/them ,
instead of he/she to address people
equally.
✘ They even wore Gender neutral
Clothes .
✘ This was to treat men and women and
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History of Gender Neutrality

5. It has always been a big task for the
society to maintain neutrality with the
society itself as it has become harder to
remove the bias aswell as the chaos
.and moreover the question above itself
has become a statement.
Where do we see Gender
neutrality presently ?
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6. 2.
Gender
Sensitivity
- Dimple C

7. What is Gender
Sensitivity ?
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8. the bias created by the social evils .So
it really doesn’t have any real history
or to be said so .but people have
always been in pursuit in obtaining
this ideology.
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9. How is it impacting our
society ?
Gender Sensitvity has become a way to reduce the
barriers that are constructed due to inequality among
men and women .
There is a famous Saying that goes , “All through life
there were distinctions - toilets for men, toilets for
women; clothes for men, clothes for women - then, at
the end, the graves are identical.”
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10. 3.
Gender
Androgyny
- Navneeth Singh

11. What is Gender
Androgyny ?
Androgyny is the possession of
both masculine and feminine
characteristics in humans. In
comparison, hermaphroditism is
the possession of both male and
female reproductive organs in
plants and animals. Androgyny
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12. History of Androgyny
Androgyny has a long history,
although not always by that
name. The term, however, gained
more prominence in the 1970s when
Bem, a well known gender scholar,
coined the concept of
psychological androgyny. Some
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13. How does Androgyny actualy
work these days ?
Firstly people get confused about the differnce
between a Transgender and Androgynous
person . Its is simple , Transgender is
someone who wants to change their sex and
for example like a male who wants to live like a
female, dress like a female and look like a
female, whereas androgynous might be a male
who dresses like a male but also looks a bit
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14. Androgynous people
Phsychological Studies say that these people are more strong
Meantaly and weak physically .
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15. 4.
conclusion
- Thanushree

16. What we learnt so far
~ Gender Neutrality
~ Gender Sensitivity
~ Gender Androgyny
the concepts like gender neutrality , gender Sensitivity is a
development perspective that recognizes the unequal status
and situation of women and men in society. — Women and
men have different development needs and interests, which
is institutionalized and perpetuated by cultural, social,
economic and political norms, systems and structures.
lets get out there and nourish these values together .
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