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Gender identity, gender role identity and gender stereotyping . Gender. Gender is our social and legal status as girls and boys, women and men. Gender identity is how you feel about and express your gender. Culture determines gender roles and what is masculine and feminine. Is this true?.
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Gender identity, gender role identity and gender stereotyping.
Gender • Gender is our social and legal status as girls and boys, women and men. • Gender identity is how you feel about and express your gender. • Culture determines gender roles and what is masculine and feminine. Is this true?
Gender roles are the way people act, what they do and say, to express being a girl or a boy, a woman or a man. • Every culture has gender roles — they all have expectations for the way women and men, girls and boys, should dress, behave, and look.
What is gender stereotype? • A stereotype is a widely accepted judgment or bias regarding a person or group — even though it is overly simplified. • Stereotypes about gender can cause unequal and unfair treatment because of a person’s gender. This is called sexism.
What are some gender stereotypes? • Where do they come from?
FOUR BASIC KINDS OF GENDER STEREOTYPES • Personality traits — For example, women are often expected to be passive and submissive, while men are usually expected to be self-confident and aggressive. • Domestic behaviors — For example, caring for children is often considered best done by women, while household repairs are often considered best done by men.
Occupations — For example, until very recently most nurses and secretaries were usually women, and most doctors and construction workers were usually men. • Physical appearance — For example, women are expected to be small and graceful, while men are expected to be tall and broad-shouldered • Source: http://www.plannedparenthood.org/health-topics/sexual-orientation-gender/trans-identities-39847.htm
Answer the following • Which gender is a better parent? Why?
In groups, students will choose a different culture and research how they (that culture) view gender and gender identity. • Culture and countries: • Argentina, Turkistan, Zanziba, Iran, Saudi Arabia, Egypt, Lebannon