Gender and development Flashcards

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An education initiative to introduce the perspective of the relations between gender in decision making processes and to utilize all decision making processes for gender equality

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GENDER SENSITIVITY

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Develop gender awareness, knowledge, and skills as well as to change perceptions, attitudes, and behaviors in relation to gender

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AIMS OF GENDER SENSITIVITY

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FOUR PREMISES OF GAD

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not a war of the sexes
not anti-male
both men and women are victims of gender inequality.
both women and men have a share in the struggle for gender equality

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biological characteristics of being a female or a male.

Physical attributes pertaining to a person’s body contours, genes, chromosomes, and reproductive organ

▪ Generally permanent
▪ Categorized as male and female
▪ Attributes are equally valued

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sex

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refers to the sexual and reproductive organs

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Primary sex characteristics

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Process by which individuals develop, refine and learn to ‘do’ gender through internalizing gender norms and roles as they interact with key agents of socialization, such as their family, social
networks and other social institutions

Through activity exposure (Lutu-lutoan,
bahay bahayan

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GENDER SOCIALIZATION

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Learned behaviors in given society or community of social group and influenced by perceptions and expectations

Arising from cultural, economic, environmental, social and religious factors

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GENDER ROLE

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assigned by culture and society to men and women .

▪ Differentiated roles, attitudes, and values
▪ Sociologically constructed
▪ Present in both men and women
▪ Categorized as feminine and masculine.

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GENDER

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▪ Body become more muscular
▪ Shoulder and chest become broader
▪ Adam’s apple grows
▪ Vocal cord enlarge
▪ Underarm, pubic hair and hair on the
face, chest and shoulders start to grow
▪ Penis and testes enlarge
▪ Testes begin to make sperm

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MALE

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▪ Development of the breast
▪ Pelvic widens and hips broaden
▪ Voice deepens slightly
▪ Hair grow under the arm and pelvic
region
▪ Ovaries starts to function
▪ Regular menstruation

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FEMALE

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female and male are under of what SEX CHARACTERISTICS?

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Secondary sex characteristics

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What is the aim of gender sensitivity?

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Develop gender awareness, knowledge, and skills as well as to change perceptions, attitudes, and behaviors in relation to gender

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A function in which a male or female assumes because of the basic physiological or anatomical differences between the sexes

Role which can be performed by only one of the sexes

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SEX ROLES

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Pertains to the secondary status of women in the society.

One sex is under the submission or the authority of another sex. In most cases, the women are under the subordination of the men. This situation often results to women having lesser or no control at all over
available economic and other resources.

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Gender Subordinator

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Forces women into the periphery of economic and social life and of the decision-making process; diminishes value of women’s activities through which they contribute to the national development process.

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Gender marginalization

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