SOCIO 102
Gender and Society
Grading System
Major Exams-60%
Quizzes and Activities- 20%
Class Participation-15%
Attendance-5%
Gender
Issues
WHAT IS GENDER
Gender GENDER ISSUES
The Concept of Gender and Gender
Issues GENDER
EMPOWERMENT
What is
gender?
■According to World Health Organization…
■Gender refers to the characteristics of
women, men, girls and boys that are socially
constructed.
■This includes norms, behaviors and roles
associated with being a woman, man, girl or
boy, as well as relationships with each other.
■As a social construct, gender varies from
society to society and can change over time.
These are gender-linked
beliefs (ideas, attitudes
WHAT and behavior), systems,
processes, conditions
are gender and situations that
BLOCK an individual's
issues? (man or woman)
attainment of full
potentials (or a
satisfying life).
GENDER
INEQUALITY
■ Gender inequality is
examples
discrimination on the basis of
sex or gender causing one sex
or gender to be routinely
privileged or prioritized over
another.
■ Gender equality is a
fundamental human right and
that right is violated by gender
based discrimination.
GENDER
STEREOTYPES
■ Gender Stereotypes
examples are ideas that people
have on masculinity and
femininity: what men
and women of all
generations should be
like and are capable of
doing.
GENDER-BASED
VIOLENCE
■ Gender-Based Violence is
examples
violence derived from gender
norms and roles as well as from
unequal power relations
between women and men.
Violence is specifically targeted
against a person because of his
or her gender, and it affects
women disproportionately.
HOMOPHOBIA
■Homophobia is the irrational fear
examples
of, aversion to, or discrimination
against homosexuals or
homosexual behavior or cultures.
■ Homophobia also refers to self-
loathing by homosexuals, as well as
the fear of men or women who do
not live up to society’s standards of
what it is to be a “true man” or
“true woman.”
TRANSPHOBIA
This refers to the fear, hatred, or
examples
prejudice against individuals who
are transgender or gender non-
conforming.
Transphobia depends on
cisnormativity to exist.
Cisnormativity is the idea that
being cisgender is the “normal” or
“right” way to exist.
HETEROSEXISM
■ Heterosexism is the
examples
presumption that everyone is
heterosexual and/or the belief
that heterosexual people are
naturally superior to
homosexual and bisexual
people.
MYSOGYNY
Misogyny is the hatred, dislike, or mistrust
examples
of women or girls. It often manifests in
various forms of discrimination, prejudice,
and violence against women. Misogyny
can be expressed through social
exclusion, sexism, hostility, belittling of
women's capabilities and achievements,
objectification, and the perpetuation of
harmful stereotypes.
Examples: Victim Blaming, Objectification
Sexist remarks or jokes.
■Empowerment is a process of
change, enabling people to make
choices and convert these into
GENDER desired actions and results.
EMPOWERMENT ■Empowerment leads to genuine
participation of all actors as it is a
process of gaining self-confidence
for individual development as well
as to contribute towards
development of others.
■In doing so, people - not just
women - take control of their
own lives, improve their own
position, set their own agenda,
TRUE GENDER
gain skills, develop self-
confidence, solve problems,
EMPOWERMENT and develop self-sufficiency.
■The ultimate objective of
empowerment is to achieve
gender equality by promoting
gender equity measures.
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