Gender studies introduction ppt

Gender studies introduction ppt

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  GENDER STUDIES
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  Gender • Gender isthe range of characteristics pertaining to, and differentiating between, masculinity and femininity. • Depending on the context, these characteristics may include biological sex, sex-based social structures, or gender identity. • Gender is a status designation derived from the physiological aspects link to males and females to allow individuals to function within particular social contexts. Gender is Socially Learned behavior, based on Social Expectation from Men & Women
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  Gender studies • Genderstudies is a field for interdisciplinary study devoted to gender identity and gender representation as central categories of analysis.
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  • Sex: biologicalmaleness or femaleness genetic – determined by chromosomes anatomical – obvious physical differences between males and females • Gender – psychological aspects of maleness or femaleness • Gender Identity – the subjective sense of being either male or female Sex and Gender
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  Gender • It wasformed from old French- gendre (medern genre) and Latin- Genus (birth, family, nation) = Gender • The word gender has been used since the 14th century as a grammatical term • Gender’ refers to the socially-constructed roles of and relationships between men and women.
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  • Female (left), Male(right). • From symbols for Venus and Mars. Gender Symbol “Women and men are more alike than they are different. Men are not from Mars; women are not from Venus—we are all from planet Earth.” Dr. S. Gummadi…
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  GENDER PRIMER OBJECTIVES •Understand the difference between gender and sex • Consider how gender roles impact participation • Appreciate diversity among women • Identify discrimination and how to address it
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  Stereotype Gender Bias •GENDER IS NOT A “Women’s Issue” It’s a “People’s Issue” • It’s the undue pressure on Boys & Girls to live up to the established norms of Masculinity & femininity • Girls endure unwarranted social control, discrimination & domination • Boys discouraged from being emotional, gentle or fearful thrust into a world of Macho Protectors, Warriors, Breadwinners
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  We need tostudy gender studies Some of the important issues of life revolve around being a man, or being a woman, or inhabiting a post-binary invention of gender • To distinguish what is right and wrong. • To avoid (consideration) girls (Women) as a sex object.
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  We need tostudy gender studies • To consider each and every human being as equal. • To understand the discrimination on the basis of their gender. Even transgenders are at par with men and women. • To avoid the arrogance in man • To understand that the society will exist only and only if all genders prosper equally.
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  Gender roles
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  Gender role • GenderRole – attitudes and behaviors considered appropriate in a specific culture for people of a particular sex • Expectations we should fulfill • Masculine or Feminine • Vary widely from culture to culture but rapidly evolving
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  Most significant werethe amendment to the • 10. 1972: The Indian Evidence Act Section113B. {presumption as to dowry death] • 11.1983: Criminal Law second Amendment Act, Section 498A • 2010: Sec 41a CrPc [no automatic arrest on complaint u/s 498A • 2012: Supreme Court dictate on 41a