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Chapter 8

Chapter 8 . Gender Aware and Feminist Approaches. Types . Nonsexist: equity in treatment—gender blind approach Gender aware: gender is integral to counseling—pay attention to context Feminist—adapting feminist tenets to counseling . Social Construction of Gender .

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Chapter 8

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  1. Chapter 8 Gender Aware and Feminist Approaches

  2. Types • Nonsexist: equity in treatment—gender blind approach • Gender aware: gender is integral to counseling—pay attention to context • Feminist—adapting feminist tenets to counseling

  3. Social Construction of Gender • Alpha bias: exaggerate differences • Beta bias: ignore differences • Predominant view is alpha bias • Results in over interpreting differences between men and women • Minimizing differences within groups- e.g., between women

  4. Gender Aware Therapy • Feminist therapy not applicable to men • Gender role socialization harmful to men’s mental health • Sex-biological status • Gender- way one perceives and expresses being male or female • GAT highlights influence of socialization and male and female role expectations

  5. Feminist Therapy • Sociocultural conditions primary source of women’s problems • The personal is political-political solutions necessary to solve individual problems • Client/counselor relationship is egalitarian • Goals include self-determination and economic independence

  6. Gender and Career Counseling • Roles played over life • Meaning attached to gender • Compliance with gender roles and expectations • Monitor own (counselor’s) reactions • Develop hypotheses about gender’s influence • Evaluate conceptualizations for stereotypic assumptions

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