gen soc prelim

• GAD - It seeks to achieve gender equality as a fundamental value that should be reflected in development choices and contends that women are active agents of development, not just passive recipients of development
• biological characteristics of being a female or a male (Kasarian) - sex
• socially coded behaviors and practices often related to a person’s reproductive capacities, such as women with the roles of motherhood and men with fatherhood. - sex roles
• knowledge, beliefs, attitudes, values and behaviors of individuals. - human sexuality
• desire for physical contact with another person’s body and for the pleasure that such contact brings. - sexual desire
• Set of qualities, differentiated roles or responsibilities, attitudes, and values assigned by culture and society to women to women and men - gender
• Culturally determined activities and responsibilities that are assigned to men and women based on their perceived gender differences. - Gender Basis
• A condition wherein men and women in a particular culture and society have unequal access to and control of resources and benefits, - Gender Gap
• The process by which individuals are informed about norms, traditions, behaviors, and attitudes associated with the assigned sex usually during childhood development. - Gender Socialization
• Any person or social institution that shapes a person’s values, attitude, behavior, beliefs, etc - Socializing Agents
• Agents of Gender Socialization : Family, School, Media, Church, and Workplace
• Telling children what they are and what is expected of them. - Verbal Appellation
• People direct children’s attention to gender-appropriate objects. - Canalisation
• People handle girls and girls differently even as infants. - Manipulation
• The use of language which devalues members of one sex, almost invariably women, thus foster gender inequality - sexism in language
• lack of recognition of Gender as an essential determinant of life choices that are available in society - Gender Blind
• recognition of gender inequality; that there are differences between men and women - Gender Aware
• recognition of the underlying and hidden causes of gender inequality. - Gender Sensitive
• the presence of programs, projects, and processes that systematically - Gender Responsive
• a society where women and men equitably share in the responsibilities - gender fair
• it assumes responsibility to make gender an integral part of what the organization is and what it does - gender accountable
• the ability to recognize gender issues - gender sensitivity
• everyone being provided with the same thing to ensure they achieve their best - equality
• everyone being provided with what they need to ensure they do their best - equity
• Gender Milestones :

  1. Gender Blind
  2. Gender Aware
  3. Gender Sensitive
  4. Gender Responsive
  5. Gender Fair/Equity
  6. Gender Accountable
• Primary Sex Characteristics of Women :

  • Uterus
  • Ovaries
  • Ovum
  • Fallopian Tube
  • Vagina
  • Clirotis
• Primary sex characteristics of Men:

  • Penis
  • Testes
  • Scrotum
  • Vas Deferens
• Female Sex Roles :

  • Gestation
  • Lactation
  • Child-Bearing
• Male Sex Roles:

  • Ovum Fertilization
  • Produces spermatozoa which determine the child's sex
• Sexual Response Cycle:

  1. Excitement
  2. Plateau
  3. Orgasm
  4. Resolution