Gender

Education
 INTRODUCTION
Both women and men are equal. They
have significant social roles in
shaping our societies. They influence
people’s lives, relationships, life
choices, career trajectories, etc.
Education plays an important role in
instilling and valuing this equality
between genders.
 SEX VS GENDER
TRANSGENDER VS
TRANSEXUAL
GENDER EQUALITY VS
GENDER EQUITY
 SEX GENDER
❑ Biological ❑ Socially
Characteristics constructed
❑ Fixed at birth ❑ Learned
❑ Natural through
❑ Born with socialization
❑ Does not change ❑ Learned
across time and ❑ Not born with
space ❑ Varies over
time and space
❑ LGBTQIAP
 TRANSGENDER TRANSSEXUAL
refers to those refers to people who
people who live identifies entirely
with the gender role
permanently in their opposite to the sex
preferred gender, assigned to at birth
without necessarily and seeks to live
needing to undergo permanently in the
any medical preferred gender who
interventions. undergone medical
interventions.
 GENDER EQUALITY GENDER EQUITY
The state or condition that affords
Justice and fairness of treatment for men
women and men equal enjoyment of and women according to their respective
human rights, socially valued goods, needs. This may include equal treatment
opportunities and resources, allowing or treatment that is different but which
both sexes the same opportunities and is considered equivalent in terms of
potential to contribute to, and benefit rights, benefits, obligations, and
from, all spheres of society (economic, opportunities.”
political, social, and cultural).
WHAT IS GENDER
SOCIALIZATION?
 Socialization
Is the process
by which social
norms, roles and
expectations are
learned and
internalized.
Gender Socialization
Is the process
by which norms
and expectations
in relation to
gender are
learned by women
and men.
AREAS OR CHANNEL
OF SOCIALIZATION
PEERS
FAMILY

SCHOOL MASS MEDIA

Ethnicity
Social Class
Religion
Geographical Region
Gender Stereotype
A form of
judgement, bias
or limitation
given to roles
and expectations
of males and
females.
 [Link] Stereotype in Social Roles

MEN WOMEN
● Provides financially ● Takes care of the
for the family house and children
● Works as ● Works as nurse,
managers, teacher, secretary
construction
builders, engineers ● Portrayed as
followers
 [Link] Stereotype in Capacities

MEN WOMEN
● Good in arts and
● Good in math and less intellectual
science pursuits
● Physically strong ● Physically weaker
● Film decision- and fragile
makers ● Wishy-washy or
fickle minded in
decision making
 [Link] Stereotype in Traits and
Characteristics

MEN WOMEN

● Active ● Passive
● Aloof ● Loving
● Aggressive ● Peaceful
● Independent ● Dependent
● Brave ● Fearful
 SOGIESC
SEXUAL ORIENTATION,
GENDER IDENTITY AND EXPRESSION
AND SEXUAL CHARACTERISTICS
GENDER FAIR
LANGUAGE
 Guidelines in the Use of Gender Fair Language
1. Principles
1.1. Respect for the inherent dignity, worth and rights of
all people
1.2. Inclusiveness
1.3. Gender equality
2. Guidelines
2.1. The use of “man” to refer to all human beings reinforces
the invisibility of women. Replace with “person” or “human
being” or their plural form, i.e. “persons” and “human
beings”
2.2. “He” ceases to be the universal pronoun. Replace with
“she or he” or “he” and “she”.
2.3. Use parallel language when you refer to men and women at
the same time.
Examples:
a. Replace “man and wife” with “husband and wife”
b. Replace “Mr. Gnes Jayawon and his wife Euna "with
“Mr. Gnes and Ms. Euna Jayawon” or “Gnes and Euna Jayawon”.
2.4. The order of your words should reflect you stand for
gender equality.

Example

“Always putting men first in such phrases as men

Solution: “Alternate the word order, so that

Examples:
Use
1. Actor instead of actress
2. Waiter instead of waitress
3. Sculptor instead of sculptress
2.6. Describe the woman not as
appendage of her husband but as
someone autonomous.
Example: Francis Hutba and his
lovely wife Daisy attended the
meeting.
Replace with: Francis and Daisy
Hutba attended the meeting.
2.7. Do not use words or sentences
that have assumptions, hidden or
otherwise about gender.

Example:
The Social Workers and their
husbands will be attending the
meeting. (Replace with: The
Social Workers and their
spouses..)
2.8. “Avoid words and phrases that make
assumptions about how women behave
such as describing a man as aggressive or
assertive, while a woman is strident, shrill
or bitchy and stereotypical terms and
phrases like the better half, just like a
man…” (Wright, 2003)
3. The Civil Service Commission Memorandum
Circular No. 12, S. @2005, issued on March
30, 2005, encourages government officials
and employees to use non-sexist language in
all its official documents, issuances and
communications
Key Learning Points
● One contributions to gender
equality is our everyday use of
language
● Be sensitive to any
discriminatory content of verbal
and written communication.
Discrimination may be based on
age, social class, and gender,
physical ability, and other
attributes.
 Ways on how to
achieve sustainable
development on
gender equality
Cares to give fair recognition of both genders
Opposes languange use that restricts genders
Making proper addresses
Brings forth messages with sensitivity
Avoids exclusionary expression
Treats all individuals with tact and sense
Lesbian: An identity term that most often
refers to a person who identifies as a
woman who is sexually attracted to other
women. Those who use this term to
describe their experience may or may not
also use it to denote their romantic
attraction.
Gay: Used to describe a man who is romantically,
sexually, and/or affectionally attracted to men,
although not all men who engage in sexual
relations with other men identify themselves
as “gay.” The term is sometimes used to refer
to the queer community as a whole, although
many women prefer to be identified as
“lesbian” instead of “gay.”
Bisexual/Bi: an identity term that most often refers to a person who is
attracted to people of multiple genders. Many folk often denote
men and women, but not always. Some folks may define Bisexulity
as being sexually attracted to those of similar or different gender.
Some may also understand Bisexuality as an umbrella term
representing a number of sexual identity that represent
experiences of being sexually attracted to more than one gender.
Also commonly shortened to Bi. Those who use this term to
describe their experience may or may not also use it to denote
their romantic attraction.
Transsexual: Individuals whose assigned sex at birth
does not match their gender identity and who,
through gender affirmation surgery and/or
hormone treatments, seek to change their
physical body to better align with their gender
identity. The term “transsexual” is not
interchangeable with the term “transgender.”
This term is considered by many to be outdated,
but remains an important and salient identity
term for some.
Transgender/Trans: A term describing when one’s
gender identity does not align with their assigned
sex. Trans people challenge society’s view of
gender as fixed, unmoving, dichotomous, and
inextricably linked to one’s biological sex. The
sexual orientation of transgender people varies
just as it does among cisgender people.
Queer is a word that describes sexual and
gender identities other than straight
and cisgender. Lesbian, gay, bisexual,
and transgender people may all identify
with the word queer.
Intersex: A general term used for a variety of conditions in
which a individual’s reproductive or sexual anatomy (re:
genitals, secondary sex characteristics, chromosomes,
and/or hormone levels) do not fit into the medical/societal
definition of male or female. Some members of the
intersex community prefer to use person first language to
describe themselves (e.g., a person with intersex condition)
and conceptualize their condition as one of medical
diagnosis. Others (re)claim intersex as identity.
Asexual: A person who experiences little or no sexual attraction. Unlike
celibacy, an action that people choose, asexuality is a sexual identity.
There is considerable diversity among the asexual community; each
asexual person experiences things like relationships, attraction, and
arousal somewhat differently. Some identities that fall under the
“ace” umbrella do experience varying amounts of sexual attraction,
such as demisexuals and grey-asexuals.
Pansexuality is the romantic, emotional,
and/or sexual attraction to people
regardless of their gender. Like
everyone else, pansexual people may be
attracted to some people and not others,
but the gender of the person does not
matter.
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