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Gender Sensitivity Training program is designed to open up communications between the sexes to bring mutual understanding and respect of each others' roles

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Gender Sensitivity Training

Gender Sensitivity Training program is designed to open up communications between the sexes to bring mutual understanding and respect of each others' roles

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“ Gender sensitivity

training”
What is Gender?
 Sex is what is biologically assigned to an
individual

 Gender is what a person identifies


himself or herself

 Gender is not binary, it is a spectrum

 Sexual Minorities
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
 Sex is permanent and universal, gender
construction varies from one society to
another.

 To put it in another way, “Male” and


“Female” are sex categories, 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 tries to ensure that


people rely less on assumption about
traditional and outdated views on
the roles of men and women.
Language Matters!

 Gender sensitivity often gets expressed


through people’s language choice.

 We can choose more inclusive


language and use words that are
gender neutral.
 Gender discriminatory words are not
innocent by making women non-
apparent, society will see them as
possessing less value.

 Gender equality benefits both men and


women by giving them wider choice.
Gender Roles

 A gender role is a set of social and


behavioral norms that are not generally
considered appropriate for either a man
or a woman in a social or interpersonal
relationship.
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.
Examples

 Women are expected to take care of family or


domestic duties and remain close to home
 All men are expected to work and earn money
for the family
 Boys are better in mathematics than girls
 Boys never cry
 Girls are very emotional
 Women usually do more housework than men
Housework
 Mostly, it is women who do the housework,
cooking, cleaning, washing, etc which is
repetitive and boring
 Women have entire responsibility for child
rearing.
 Women have to look after older or sick people
 All this is unpaid labour/work. It has no economic
value
 But it contributes a lot to the overall wealth of the
nation
 Hence, housework done by women should be
made a part of GDP.
Stereotypes

Stereotypes are generalizations or


assumptions that people make about the
characteristics of all members of a group
based on an image (often wrong)
Exploring Gender
Stereotypes
Men Women
 Adventurous  Patient

 Brave  Tolerant
 Forgiving
 Strong
 Chaste
 Virile
 Motherly
 Hard, Though
 Passive
 Aggressive
 Obedient
 Intelligent
 Beautiful
 Rational  Soft
 Decides quickly  Loving
Exploring Gender
Stereotypes
Men Women
 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 truck, 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

 Girls who do not conform to stereotypical


expectations can experience criticism, ostracism and
even violence.

 This also puts unwarranted pressure on boys who love


to read, dislike fighting, or dislike sports or mechanics.

 Gender equality benefits both boys and girls


Benefits

 Allow boys to express their emotions, encourage


them to be expressive. 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 models will help girls to see themselves


in professions outside the normal stereotypes.
Patriarchy

A worldwide systems that predates recorded history, the


patriarchy is the most powerful force in the world today,
trumping other ideologies or political systems or religious
beliefs.

By its 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 legal
codes.
Even though 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 be changes.

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.
Patriarchal Institutions

 Family
 Religion
 Legal system
 Economic System
 Political system
 Media
 Knowledge system
Masculinity

 Is a set of qualities, characteristics or roles


generally considered typical of, or appropriate
to, a man.
 Example : 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, culturally constructed.
Harmful downside

 Relationship between masculinity and gender-


based violence.
 Disempowerment and impoverishment of
women and the persistence of gender
inequalities through men’s violence.
 Loss of men’s dignity and self esteem when they
are taught to behave violently.
Moving out of the 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 “under the saya”,etc.

 Men also have to be very strong to break out.


Thank
You!!!!

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