Power And Power Relations Flashcards
Power
To have control or authority over another person or your environment
Power refers to
Force, strength or might
Power refers to the ability to
Get things done
How you understand your power
Affects your relationships
Unequal power relations
Power is abused if one person has too much power over another person
Power relations
Sharing of power between people in a relationship
Relationship power inequality
Not having equal or the same power in a relationship
Unequal power relationship
One person has the power to deny or give something to the other person
What factors are used to control the other person
Money, violence, emotional abuse and sexual intimacy
Equal power relationship
!No person has power over the other person.
What leads up to making good decisions
Taking responsibility for yourself as you are in charge of and in control of your life.
Not blaming others for your decisions
How to make good decisions
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
How to affirm others
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
Factors on how people are different
Looks, cultures, beliefs, skills, interests, ideas, practices, fashion, need, values gender and disability
Race, gender and ability
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
When other people’s words are directed at you
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.
Gender
Role in society that you are expected to play depending on whether you are a boy/man or a woman/girl
Gender refers to
Socially maderoles, behaviors, activities and qualities that society sees as suitable for women and men
Gender roles are given according to
Historical, political, economic and cultural norms and may change
What’s linked to your gender
Opportunities and restrictions
Women and men have different
Biological qualities, power, status, expectations, norms, roles and responsibilities in society
Norms
Attitudes or behaviors that are expected or thought of as normal
Example of a norm
Dress code, work place and freedom
Sex
Biological and physiological qualities that define women and men
How to know what sex you are
You are born as a baby girl or boy
Masculinity
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
Groups according to gender
Feminine and masculine
Groups according to sex
Female and male
Femininity
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
Stereotypical
Having a fixed and very simple idea of a particular type of person or thing
Example of gender differences as decided by society
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
Example of gender differences as decided by society
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
Hiv spreads when
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
Transactional sex
Sex which is paid for like prostitution
Untreated stis
Increase the risk of hiv transmission
Why are women at a higher risk of stis and transmission of hiv
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
