GAD Flashcards
Give the three aims of Gender Sensitivity
- Develop gender awareness,
- knowledge, and skills as well as to change perceptions, attitudes and behaviors in
- relation to gender.
An education initiative to introduce the perspective of the relations between gender in decisions making processes and to utilize all decision-making processes for gender equality.
Gender Sensitivity
What are the Four Premises in GAD?
- GAD is not a war of the sexes;
- GAD is not anti-male;
- Both men and women are victims of gender inequality, although victims are more often women than male; and
- Both women and men have a share in the struggle for gender equality.
- It is a progress; process
- a development perspective that recognizes the unequal situations of women and men in society.
Gender and Development
Biological Characteristics of being a female or male.
Sex
Physical attributes pertaining to a person’s body contours, features, hormones, genes
Sex
Chromosomes and reproductive organs; generally permanent and universal
Sex
Categorize as male and female biologically; Attributes are equally valued
Sex
Refers to the sexual and reproductive organs
Primary Sexy Characteristics
- Development of the breast
- Pelvic widens and hips broaden
Secondary Sex Characteristics
- Voice deepens slightly
- hair grown under the arms and in the pelvic region, face, ovaries start to function
Secondary Sex Characteristics
- Regular menstruation
- Body become more muscular
Secondary Sex Characteristics
- Shoulder and chest become broader
- Vocal cord enlarges
Secondary Sex Characteristics
- Enlargement of male reproductive organs
- testes begin to make sperm
Secondary Sex Characteristics
A function in which a male or female assumes because of the basic physiological or anatomical difference between sexes.
Sex Roles
A role can be performed by only one of the sexes.
What is the role of the female?
- Child-bearing
- Lactation
- Gestation
A role can be performed by only one of the sexes.
What is the role of the male?
- Ovum fertilization
- Produce spermatozoa which determine child’s sex
- Refers to differentiated roles, attitudes, and values
- Assigned by culture and society to women and men
- Expectation held about the characteristics, aptitudes, and likely behaviors of both women and men
Gender
- Socially constructed
- Present in both women and men
- Categorize as feminine and masculine
- Attributes are marked by inequality
Gender
- Learned behaviors in given society or community of social groups and
- influenced by perceptions and expectations arising from cultural, economic, environmental, social and religious factors.
Gender Roles
Identify the following roles designated for Women and Men
1.Market/Church
2. Make up
3. Housekeeping
4. Testes, penis, sperm
5. Vagina, ovary, clitoris
6. Naghahanap-buhay
- Women
- Women
- Women
- Men
- Women
- Men
Identify the following roles designated for Women and Men
- Pamilya
- Maalalahanin
- Childcare
- Beer house/ Church
- Mahinhin
- Cooking
- Women/Men
- Women
- Women
- Men
- Women
- Women
Identify the following roles designated for Women and Men
- Malambing
- Belt
- Responsable
- Nanganganak
- Nag aalaga ng anak
- Providing income for the family
- Women
- Men
- Men
- Women
- Women
- Men
Identify the following roles designated for Women and Men
- Nakakabuo ng bata
- Leader
- Matapang
- Mainitin ang ulo
- Maliksi
- Men
- Men
- Men
- Men
- Men
Give the Three Main Spheres of Work
- Productive Activities
- Reproductive Activities
- Community Activities
- Paid work done outside the home and in the public arena and is usually attributed to men who are usually the bread winner
- Women’s productive work is often less visible and less valued than men’s work. Ex. House work
Productive Activities
- Unpaid, domestic work assigned primarily to women and may include such task as managing the household chores, taking care and nurturing children and other family members. This is mostly done within the private domain of the home.
Reproductive Activities
Collective organization of social activities and services in the community
Has no monetary value and involves voluntary service
Community Activities
ROOTS OF GENDER SOCIALIZATION (READ ONLY)
1. Family
Family
- Gender begins the moment the child is born.
Ex. in child rearing: dressing female babies in pink, male in blue
- Socialization starts when the baby is born.
- Family is influential in the formative years of a child
- The process of manipulation of how people handle girls and boys differently even as infants.
ROOTS OF GENDER SOCIALIZATION (READ ONLY)
IN CHILD REARING
- The process of canalization on how people direct children’s attention to gender appropriate objects.
ex. Boys - cars and machines | Girls - dolls and toy kitchen utensils - the process of verbal appellation by telling children what they are and what is expected of them
ex. Brave boys/ pretty girls
boys don’t cry and girls don’t climb trees
ROOTS OF GENDER SOCIALIZATION (READ ONLY)
Gender Socialization
Through activity exposure
- girls are encourage to play house
- mimic domestic chores of their mothers
Give the 5 characteristics of being a feminine
Submissive
Gentle
Emotional
Talkative
Passive
Give the 5 characteristics of being a Masculine
Dominant
Aggressive
Adventurer
Not Emotional
Assertive
Secondary status of women in society; because of this, they have less access to and control over resources for development and its benefits
Gender Subordination
Enumerate the following gender issues
- Obstacles to parenthood development
- Violence against women
- Multiple burden
- Gender Stereotyping
- Political Subordination of women
- Economic Marginalization of women
Aside from the obstacles of parenthood development, identify the following gender Issues.
A force or violence or being under the authority of one sex, result in women having no control over available resources having personal autonomy.
Violence against women
Aside from the obstacles of parenthood development, identify the following gender Issues.
Unpaid work in home; paid works as members of the workforce.
Volunteer work in the community and all other works necessary for the survival of the family.
Longer working hours and more responsibility at home, community, and workplace.
Multiple burden
Aside from the obstacles of parenthood development, identify the following gender Issues.
Biased perception of women as the weaker sex and their roles, functions, and abilities are primarily tied to the home
Gender Stereotyping
Aside from the obstacles of parenthood development, identify the following gender Issues.
The secondary position of women compared to men in society
Political Subordination of women
Aside from the obstacles of parenthood development, identify the following gender Issues.
Women are considered to be non-essential force in economy despite their crucial role in production.
Economic Marginalization of women
