Gender Sensitization is priority of present Society.Unless adults change the attitudes toward Gender roles gender equality will not be achieved.These are some statements for understanding and comprehension of the topic gender equity and equality.

1. QUIZ
Gender Equity and Gender Equality
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There are 10 questions with four possible
answers.

2. 1. “Of all the evils, for which man has made himself
responsible, none is so degrading, so shocking, or so
brutal as his abuse of the better half of humanity; to
me, the female sex is not the weaker sex.”
a. Gloria Steinem, journalist and women’s rights activist.
b. Margaret Thatcher, former prime minister of the United Kingdom.
c. John Adams, second president of the United States.
d. Mahatma Gandhi, leader of the Indian independence movement.
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3. 1. “Of all the evils, for which man has made himself
responsible, none is so degrading, so shocking, or so
brutal as his abuse of the better half of humanity; to
me, the female sex is not the weaker sex.”
a. Gloria Steinem, journalist and women’s rights activist.
b. Margaret Thatcher, former prime minister of the United Kingdom.
c. John Adams, second president of the United States.
d. Mahatma Gandhi, leader of the Indian independence movement.
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4. 2. There is no female mind. The brain
is not an organ of sex.
a. Charlotte Perkins Gilman (U.S. educator and activist, 1860-1935).
b. Helen Keller, author and lecturer.
c. Angela Davis, activist, organizer, and university professor.
d. Che Guevara, Argentine-born Marxist revolutionary.
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5. 2. There is no female mind. The brain
is not an organ of sex.
a. Charlotte Perkins Gilman (U.S. educator and activist, 1860-1935).
b. Helen Keller, author and lecturer.
c. Angela Davis, activist, organizer, and university professor.
d. Che Guevara, Argentine-born Marxist revolutionary.
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6. 3. I ask no favours for my sex, I surrender not our
claim to equality. All I ask of our brethren is that
they will take their feet from off our necks, and
permit us to stand upright on the ground which
God has designed us to occupy.
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a. Sarah Grimké (U.S. abolitionist and suffragist, 1792-1873).
b. Gloria Steinem, journalist and women’s rights activist.
c. Margaret Thatcher, former prime minister of the United Kingdom.
d. Leon Trotsky, Ukrainian-born Bolshevik revolutionary and Marxist
theorist

7. 3. I ask no favours for my sex, I surrender not our
claim to equality. All I ask of our brethren is that
they will take their feet from off our necks, and
permit us to stand upright on the ground which
God has designed us to occupy.
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a. Sarah Grimké (U.S. abolitionist and suffragist, 1792-1873).
b. Gloria Steinem, journalist and women’s rights activist.
c. Margaret Thatcher, former prime minister of the United Kingdom.
d. Leon Trotsky, Ukrainian-born Bolshevik revolutionary and Marxist
theorist

8. 4. Male and female represent the two sides of
the great radical dualism. But, in fact, they are
perpetually passing into one another. Fluid
hardens to solid, solid rushes to fluid. There is no
wholly masculine man, no purely feminine
woman.
a. Margaret Fuller (U.S. author and critic, 1810-1850).
b. John Adams, second president of the United States.
c. Betty Friedan (U.S. feminist, 1921- ).
d. Gloria Steinem, journalist and women’s rights activist.
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9. 4. Male and female represent the two sides of
the great radical dualism. But, in fact, they are
perpetually passing into one another. Fluid
hardens to solid, solid rushes to fluid. There is no
wholly masculine man, no purely feminine
woman.
a. Margaret Fuller (U.S. author and critic, 1810-1850).
b. John Adams, second president of the United States.
c. Betty Friedan (U.S. feminist, 1921- ).
d. Gloria Steinem, journalist and women’s rights activist.
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10. 5. Gender equality is more than a goal in itself. It
is a precondition for meeting the challenge of
reducing poverty, promoting sustainable
development and building good governance.
a. Manmohan Singh.
b. Atal Bihari Vajpyee.
c. Kofi Annan.
d. Bill Gates.
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11. 5. Gender equality is more than a goal in itself. It
is a precondition for meeting the challenge of
reducing poverty, promoting sustainable
development and building good governance.
a. Manmohan Singh.
b. Atal Bihari Vajpyee.
c. Kofi Annan.
d. Bill Gates.
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12. 6. We need not just a new generation of
leadership but a new gender of leadership.
a. Bill Gates.
b. Bill Clinton.
c. Mahatma Gandhi.
d. Indira Gandhi.
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13. 6. We need not just a new generation of
leadership but a new gender of leadership.
a. Bill Gates.
b. Bill Clinton.
c. Mahatma Gandhi.
d. Indira Gandhi.
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14. 7. I'm suspicious of any man or woman who
approaches their own liberation with any kind
of gender bias.
a. Kofi Annan.
b. Hu Jintao.
c. Andrew Cohen.
d. Vladimir Putin.
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15. 7. I'm suspicious of any man or woman who
approaches their own liberation with any kind
of gender bias.
a. Kofi Annan.
b. Hu Jintao.
c. Andrew Cohen.
d. Vladimir Putin.
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16. 8. We must focus on people as people,
regardless of race, creed, colour or gender.
a. Judge Mills Lane.
b. Bill Clinton.
c. Benazir Bhutto.
d. Swami Vivekananda.
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17. 8. We must focus on people as people,
regardless of race, creed, colour or gender.
a. Judge Mills Lane.
b. Bill Clinton.
c. Benazir Bhutto.
d. Swami Vivekananda.
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18. 9. “Women are a great source of strength in creating human
civilization ... The promotion of gender equality and
protection of women's rights impact on the immediate
interests of women and decide whether human beings can
fully develop their potential and pursue a better life”.
a. Helen Keller.
b. Hu Jintao.
c. Dr. APJ Abdul Kalam.
d. Kofi Annan.
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19. 9. “Women are a great source of strength in creating human
civilization ... The promotion of gender equality and
protection of women's rights impact on the immediate
interests of women and decide whether human beings can
fully develop their potential and pursue a better life”.
a. Helen Keller.
b. Hu Jintao.
c. Dr. APJ Abdul Kalam.
d. Kofi Annan.
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20. 10. “When people are discussing as to what man and woman
can do, always the same mistake is made. They think they
show man at his best because he can fight, for instance, and
undergo tremendous physical exertion; and this is pitted
against the physical weakness and non-combating quality of
woman. This is unjust. Woman is as courageous as man. Each
is equally good in his or her way.”
a. Swami Satya Sai Baba.
b. Swami Vivekananda.
c. Swami Ramdev Baba.
d. Sri Ramakrishna Paramahans
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21. 10. “When people are discussing as to what man and woman
can do, always the same mistake is made. They think they
show man at his best because he can fight, for instance, and
undergo tremendous physical exertion; and this is pitted
against the physical weakness and non-combating quality of
woman. This is unjust. Woman is as courageous as man. Each
is equally good in his or her way.”
a. Swami Satya Sai Baba.
b. Swami Vivekananda.
c. Swami Ramdev Baba.
d. Sri Ramakrishna Paramahans
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22. Answers
1. Mahatma Gandhi.
2. Charlotte Perkins Gilman.
3. Sarah Grimke.
4. Margaret Fuller.
5. Kofi Annan.
6. Bill Clinton.
7. Andrew Cohen.
8. Judge Mills Lane.
9. Hu Jintao.
10. Swami Vivekananda.