Respectful relationships

Question 1

Equality vs Equity

Answer 1

EQUALITY: Each individual or group is given the same resources or opportunity

EQUITY: recognizes each person is different, therefore allocates exact resources and opportunities needed to reach an equal outcome

Question 2

privilege

Answer 2

a special right, advantage, or immunity granted or available only to a particular person or group

Question 3

perspectives

Answer 3

Being able to manage relationships well, involves using our skills of empathy or being able to imagine, consider, or read other people’s emotions (seeing a situation from different perspectives.)

Question 4

Gender-Based Violence

Answer 4

• the abuse of power and the exercise of coercion by on gender over another

Question 5

Family Violence

Answer 5

1. behavior that is:
   - abusive
   - threatening or coersive
   - controls or dominates
   - causes fear of safety and well-being fo that family member or another
2. causes a child to hear, witness or be exposed to these behaviours

Question 6

How to stop gender-based violence

Answer 6

• calling out behaviour when it occurs = will stop from escalating
• the key to stop this is by stopping it at the lowest level

Question 7

all genders can be affected by violence

Answer 7

• transgender: less power bc they don’t fit within gender norms
• people who self-identify( LGBT) tend to be disproportionally affected by violence
• these violence tend to show up when people feel entilied to use violence against minority groups or against people who don’t fit in with the dominate gender norms.

Question 8

pornography

Answer 8

• gender norms and steryotypes are reinforced in popular media.
• young people’s exposure to pornography has increased + the violence and sexism seen in it
• it’s consumption influences people’s sexual knowledge , attitudes and behaviour + their perception
• studies how that higher consumption of pornography causes higher supportive violence on women.
• education can intervene and re direct those attitudes and perception

Question 9

Characteristics of a respectful relationship

Answer 9

Mutual respect
Trust
Honesty
Compromise
Individuality
consent

Question 10

Consent

Answer 10

vocal and formal agreement to engage in an activity. If YES isn’t said then there is no concent.