Power And Power Relations

Question 1

Power

Answer 1

To have control or authority over another person or your environment

Question 2

Power refers to

Answer 2

Force, strength or might

Question 3

Power refers to the ability to

Answer 3

Get things done

Question 4

How you understand your power

Answer 4

Affects your relationships

Question 5

Unequal power relations

Answer 5

Power is abused if one person has too much power over another person

Question 6

Power relations

Answer 6

Sharing of power between people in a relationship

Question 7

Relationship power inequality

Answer 7

Not having equal or the same power in a relationship

Question 8

Unequal power relationship

Answer 8

One person has the power to deny or give something to the other person

Question 9

What factors are used to control the other person

Answer 9

Money, violence, emotional abuse and sexual intimacy

Question 10

Equal power relationship

Answer 10

!No person has power over the other person.

Question 11

What leads up to making good decisions

Answer 11

Taking responsibility for yourself as you are in charge of and in control of your life.

Not blaming others for your decisions

Question 12

How to make good decisions

Answer 12

Evaluate your situation and think about what the decision means for you.
Get information about different options and choices you have
Think about effects and consequences of each other
Decide on the most informed and responsible decision. Act on your decision

Question 13

How to affirm others

Answer 13

Support, encourage and give praise
Help others become confident
Praise others by giving encouraging comments and kindness instead of putting them down with negative words such as name calling, insults and rumors
Care for others
Appreciate friends, family and teachers by thanking them and giving them praise when they deserve it

Question 14

Factors on how people are different

Answer 14

Looks, cultures, beliefs, skills, interests, ideas, practices, fashion, need, values gender and disability

Question 15

Race, gender and ability

Answer 15

There are many cultural groups and races in south Africa that require respect from individuals and to be viewed equally and not in a superior or inferior lens. Everyone needs respect regardless of gender(boy or girl) as well as different abilities. Respect people who are abled differently than yourself and show your acknowledgement by also valuing and admiring them

Question 16

When other people’s words are directed at you

Answer 16

It’s important to be strong if they hurt you. It their idea not always the truth, accept critism if it’s helpful and true. It’s important to end each day with a short reflection - by thinking about tour successes and goodness and to make a practical action plant to help you develop yourself.

Question 17

Gender

Answer 17

Role in society that you are expected to play depending on whether you are a boy/man or a woman/girl

Question 18

Gender refers to

Answer 18

Socially maderoles, behaviors, activities and qualities that society sees as suitable for women and men

Question 19

Gender roles are given according to

Answer 19

Historical, political, economic and cultural norms and may change

Question 20

What’s linked to your gender

Answer 20

Opportunities and restrictions

Question 21

Women and men have different

Answer 21

Biological qualities, power, status, expectations, norms, roles and responsibilities in society

Question 22

Norms

Answer 22

Attitudes or behaviors that are expected or thought of as normal

Question 23

Example of a norm

Answer 23

Dress code, work place and freedom

Question 24

Sex

Answer 24

Biological and physiological qualities that define women and men

Question 25

How to know what sex you are

Answer 25

You are born as a baby girl or boy

Question 26

Masculinity

Answer 26

Having qualities that are associated with men/boys
Maleness (male sex)
Behave in ways thought of as typical for men/boys
Refers to manliness and describes men/boys as manly
Idea of masculinity is combined with social customs which encourage make control over women

Question 27

Groups according to gender

Answer 27

Feminine and masculine

Question 28

Groups according to sex

Answer 28

Female and male

Question 29

Femininity

Answer 29

Having qualities associated with women/girls
Womanliness, femaleness(female sex)
Behave in ways thought of as typical for women
Refers to the qualities or attributes of what is customarily seen as suitable for women and girls.
Social customs encourage submissive behavior of women to men

Question 30

Stereotypical

Answer 30

Having a fixed and very simple idea of a particular type of person or thing

Question 31

Example of gender differences as decided by society

Answer 31

Women may earn less than men for similar work.
Men are promoted to positions of power instead of women like having more male school principals than female
Women are not allowed to smoke or drink but men are
Men are allowed to have many partners but women are allowed one
Male sports teams get more funding, media coverage and pay than female sports teams
Women have to do more housework than me.
Some careers are seen just for men like mechanics and engineering while nurses and social workers and makeup artists are seen as women’s jobs

Question 32

Example of gender differences as decided by society

Answer 32

Women may earn less than men for similar work.
Men are promoted to positions of power instead of women like having more male school principals than female
Women are not allowed to smoke or drink but men are
Men are allowed to have many partners but women are allowed one
Male sports teams get more funding, media coverage and pay than female sports teams
Women have to do more housework than me.
Some careers are seen just for men like mechanics and engineering while nurses and social workers and makeup artists are seen as women’s jobs

Question 33

Hiv spreads when

Answer 33

There is more than 1 partner.
There is transactional sex
Rspe occurs
Women have no say in the use of protective measures like condoms during intercouse.
There is age mixing in sexual relationships

Question 34

Transactional sex

Answer 34

Sex which is paid for like prostitution

Question 35

Untreated stis

Answer 35

Increase the risk of hiv transmission

Question 36

Why are women at a higher risk of stis and transmission of hiv

Answer 36

Most sti’s go unrecognized as the sores or other signs are absent or hard to see. So they don’t suspect that they are at risk.
Even when they are symptoms, STI’s in women don’t go untreated