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What is Gender?
• Sex is what is biologically assigned to an individual and Gender is what a person identifies
himself or herself as.
• Sexual Minorities
Sex & Gender
“Gender” refersto the socially constructed roles, behaviors, activities, andattributes that agiven society
considersappropriate for menand women.
Sex & Gender
To put it in another way, “Male” and“Female” aresexcategories,while “masculine” and “feminine” are
gender categories.
Gender Sensitivity
Gender sensitivity is the act of being sensitive to the ways people think about gender.
Gender Sensitivity
Gender Sensitivity
Gender sensitivity tries to ensure that people rely less on assumptions about traditional
and outdated views on the roles of men and women.
Stereotypes
Men’s Women’s
Adventurous Patient
Brave Tolerant
Strong Forgiving
Virile Chaste
Hard, tough Motherly
Aggressive passive
Intelligent Obedient
Rational Beautiful
Decidesquickly Soft
Loving
More adjectives
Men’s Women’s
Manly Sacrificing
Bread winner Caring
Sexually active Cheerful
Handsome Quiet
Independent Sympathetic
Hard working Adjusting
Angry Cries easily
Conditioning
As a child, boys get toys like trucks, guns and super heroes while the girls are given dolls and
cooking sets.
This conditioning manipulates young minds into believing that they must act within their “given
place” in the society.
Challenges
Thisalsoputs unwarranted pressureon boys who loveto read, dislike fighting, or dislike sports
Or mechanics.
Allow boys to express their emotions, encourage them to beexpressive.Involve them in activities like
gardening and cooking
Expose girls to role models of women in business, especially those outside the stereotype, like
doctors, scientists and leaders.
These role modelswill help girls to see themselves in professionsoutsidethe normal stereotypes.
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.
Patriarchal cultures uphold the privileges of men based on gender, social structures, religious
practices, and legalcodes.
Patriarchy
Even though men are more privileged under patriarchy than women, somemen aremore
privileged than others.
Thesedifferences vary according to the culture with its particular class subsystems and,
of course, the castes basedon physical characteristics like skin color andsex that cannot
bechanged.
Family
Religion
LegalSystem
EconomicSystem
PoliticalSystem
Media
KnowledgeSystem
Masculinity
Men also face challenges …men who listen to their wives or display sensitivity or do
housework etc ….Labelled as joru kaghulam, chakka etc.
Concepts of
• Honour
• Chastity
Acidattacks
• Rape as a weapon
What is Sexual Harassment?
• Criminal Proceedings
• Disciplinary action
• Complaint Mechanism
• Complaints Committee
• Raise Awareness