Gender

1. GENDER
SENSITIVITY

2. What is Gender?
 Sex is what is biologically assigned to an
individual and Gender is what a person
identifies himself or herself as.
 Gender is not binary; it is a spectrum.
 SexualMinorities

3. Sex & Gender
Sex” refers to the biological and
physiological characteristics that define
men and women.
“ Gender” refers to the socially constructed
roles, behaviors, activities, and attributes
that a given society considers appropriate
for men and women.

4. Thus, while sex is permanent and
universal, gender construction varies from
one society toanother.

6. LGBTQQIAAP

7. L - lesbian: a woman who is attracted to other
women.
G - gay: a man who is attracted to other men
or broadly people who identify as
homosexual.
B - bisexual: a person who is attracted to both
men and women.
T - transgender: a person whose gender
identity is different from the sex the
doctor put down on their birth certificate.

8. Q - queer: people whose sexual
orientation is not exclusively
heterosexual.
Q - questioning: a person who is still exploring
their sexuality or gender identity.
I - intersex: a person whose body is not
definitively male or female.
A - allies: a person who identifies as straight
but supports people in the LGBTQQIAAP
community.

9. A - asexual: a person who is not
attracted in a sexual way to people of
any gender
P - pansexual: a person whose sexual
attraction is not based on gender and
may themselves be fluid when it comes
to gender or sexual identity

10. Gender Sensitivity
Gender sensitivity is the act of
being sensitive to the ways
people think about gender.

13. Language matters!
Gender sensitivity often gets expressedthrough
people's languagechoice.
Wecanchoosemore inclusive language and use
words thatare gender neutral.

14. Gender
discriminatory words
are not innocent by
making women non-
apparent, society will
see them as
possessing lessvalue.
Gender
equality
benefits both
men and women
by giving them
wider choice.

16. Gender Roles
• A gender role is a set of social and
behavioral norms that are generally
considered appropriate for either a man
or a woman in a social or interpersonal
relationship.

17. Socialization
• Gender roles determine how males
and females should think, speak,
dress and interact within the context
of society.
• They define what is masculine and
feminine.
• Parents, teachers, peers, films,
television and religion teach and
reinforce gender roles.

18. Examples
Some examples ofgender characteristics:
-Womenare expectedto take care of family
or domestic duties and remain closeto home
-All men are expected to work and earn
money for thefamily
- Boysare better in mathematics than girls
- Boys nevercry
- Girls are veryemotional
-Womenusually do more housework than men

20. Housework
 Mostly, it is women who do the housework ….
Cooking, cleaning, washing etc which is
repetitive andboring.
 Women have entire responsibility for child
rearing.
 Women have to look after older or sick people.
 All this is unpaid labour / work. It hasno
economic value.
 But it contributes alot to the overall wealth of
the nation.
 Hence,housework done by women should be
made apart of GDP
.

22. Stereotypes
Stereotypes are generalizations or
assumptions that people make about
the characteristics of all members of a
group based on an image (often
wrong).

23. Exploring Gender Stereotypes
Men’s
 Adventurous
 Brave
 Strong
 Virile
 Hard, tough
 Aggressive
 Intelligent
 Rational
 Decidesquickly
Women’s
 Patient
 Tolerant
 Forgiving
 Chaste
 Motherly
 passive
 Obedient
 Beautiful
 Soft
 Loving

24. Conditioning
Asachild, boys get toys like trucks, guns and
super heroes while the girls are given dolls
and cookingsets.
This conditioning manipulates young minds
into believing that they must act within their
“given place” in the society.

25. Challenges
Girls who do not conform to stereotypical
expectations canexperience
criticism, ostracism and even violence.
This also puts unwarranted pressure on boys
who love to read, dislike fighting, or dislike
sports ormechanics.
Gender equality benefits both boys and girls.

27. Benefits
Allow boys to express their emotions, encourage
them to be expressive. Involve them in activities
like gardening andcooking.
Exposegirls to role models of women in
business, especially those outside the
stereotype, like doctors, scientists andleaders.
Theserole models will help girls to seethemselves
in professions outside the normal stereotypes.

28. Look like a girl, act like a lady, think like a man, work like a boss, ooooor be
whoever the hell you want to be and stop letting stupid quotes tell you what
to do with your body and mind.

29. Patriarchy
A worldwide system that predates recorded history,
the patriarchy is the most powerful force in the world
today, trumping other ideologies or political systems
or religiousbeliefs.
Byits very nature, it is rooted in the subjugation of
women.
Patriarchal cultures uphold the privileges of men
based on gender, social structures, religious
practices, and legalcodes.

30. Even though men are more privileged under
patriarchy than women, some men are more
privileged than others.
These differences vary according to the
culture with its particular class subsystems
and, of course, the castes based on physical
characteristics like skin color and sex that
cannot bechanged.

31. Even though men are more privileged under
patriarchy than women, some men are more
privileged than others.
These subsystems can also be based on lineage,
on religion, or on wealth. Women within the
subsystems, however, always occupy a lower
status than their malecounterparts.

32. These subsystems can also be based on
lineage, on religion, or on wealth. Women
within the subsystems, however, always
occupy a lower status than their male
counterparts.

33. Patriarchal Institutions
 Family
 Religion
 LegalSystem
 EconomicSystem
 Political System
 Media
 KnowledgeSystem

34. Masculinity
 isaset of qualities, characteristics or
roles generally considered typical of,
or appropriate to,aman.
 Eg: being
 aggressive, macho, angry, brave, virile,
being in control.
 Expectation of what a‘real’ man should
act and look like ….But no one actually
is.
 Biological factors, culturallyconstructed.

35. Harmful downside
 Relationship between masculinityand
gender-based violence.
 Disempowerment and impoverishmentof
women and the persistenceof gender
inequalities through men’sviolence.
 Lossof men's dignity andself esteem when
they are taught to behaveviolently.

36. Moving out of t he box
 Women are pushed back into conforming
by various punishments … ridicule,
laughed at, contempt, verbal threats,
intimidation, physical attacks, violence
including beating, assault, rape, murder.
 Men also face challenges … men who listen
to their wives or display sensitivity or do
housework etc …. Labelled as joru ka
ghulam, chakka etc.
 Men alsohave to be very strong to break out.