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ETHICS - L7
GENDER EQUALITY
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| is a field of interdisciplinary study which directly analyses being a gender and the concept of gender. | Gender Studies |
| Gender differences exist - They are fundamental reality of our biology and impact our psychology. Our maleness and femaleness is a key concept to our personhood | Existence of Differences: |
| rather than ignoring or denying, gender differences is the only intellectually honest response to this reality. | Honest Acknowledgment: Acknowledging |
| Refers to biological differences; chromosomes, hormonal profiles, internal and external sex organs. This refers to the physical differences between people who are male, female or intersex | Sex |
| Involves how a person identifies. Gender is not made up of binary forms but instead it is a broad spectrum. A person may identify at any point within this spectrum or outside of it. | Gender |
| Gender, on the other hand, has socially constructed set of roles and responsibilities associated with being girl and boy or women and men, and in some cultures a third or other gender. | Social Construction: |
| Gender roles vary greatly in different societies, cultures and historical periods as well as they depend also on socio-economic factors, age, education, ethnicity and religion. | Variability of Roles |
| a personal conception of oneself. | Gender Identity |
| Another aspect of our gender pertains to our emotional and sexual attraction to a person. This aspect refers to our sexual orientation | Sexual Orientation |
| According to the Psychological Association of the Philippines, typically at____________, we experience or develop attraction to the other people. By adolescence we already know who we are attracted to and would experiment through dating and relationships | ages 6 or 8 |
| Categories of Orientation: | Heterosexuals Homosexuals Bisexual LGBTQI |