Topic 3

Lesson 3
GENDER AND SEXUALITY AS

A SUBJECT OF INQUIRY
Lesson Objectives
Students should be able to:
1. Define gender issues

2. Disscus its historical origins explain its
important in society
3. Explain its important in society
Gender seems so obvious and so simple,
may would ask why we study it.
Well, gender studies as an area of
knowledge, is about looking into, analyzing,
and examining society so that we notice
power relations in the seemingly “simple
things”.
It helps us to see the issues in our everyday
lives through a different lens.
 The goal of this lesson is to define and
appreciate gender issues.
Gender is a big part of our individuality and
society; it is a form of social organization.
Gender studies emerged from the need to
analyze how gender, sex and sexuality impact
our lives, especially how it creates gender
equality.
Acdg to Encyclopedia of Sex and Gender,
Gender role and sex role are “sets of
culturally defined behavior such as masculinity
and femininity”.
These roles are not fixed such that the
“culturally defines behavior” for men and
women may be very different 50 years ago or
vey different for people from other countries
or tribe.
The following are common statements we hear from people. Reflect
about your own thoughts. Do you agree or disagree with each
statement? Why or why not?
Statement Why you agree Why you disagree
Boys should not cry
Girls are bad drivers while

boys are superb drivers
Boys should not be allowed

to play dolls
Women should be prim and

proper. It is ok for men to be
rowdy, they are men anyway.
Gender studies is not just for women or all for
women, it is about everyone.
It explores how gender roles have changed
throughout our history and how it created
inequalities.
Our society has changed so much since then; the
jobs available for everyone is not so much
dependent on physical strength, making these jobs
accessible to women as well.
Most mothers also have a job now, so
they also provide for the family.
Gender studies would ask us to
question, is it still right to say that the
men are the providers of the family
when both mothers and fathers now
work and earn money.
DIVERSITY AND INCLUSION
Gender roles are socially constructed and are not

something that we are “born with”.
Society, through a lifelong process of
normalization, encourages or reprimands
behaviors to make a child adapt to these social
expectations.
A young boy is always encouraged to be brave, to
play rough, to be laoud, and to not show sign of
weaknesess such as crying.
A young girls is discouraged from playing rough
and being loud, instead they are told to be gentle
and soft.
If a child does not follow these gender roles, they
are reprimand by parents, relatives, friends or
anybody that they interact with. This is how gender
norm is forced upon an individual, a lifelong
process of normalization.
Lesbian, gay, bi, and transgender people often do
not fit in the traditionally gender roles so they are
often reprimand, bullied, and descriminated. They
are often subjected to violence and hate just
because they do not fit in what society calls
“normal”.
Let us analyze the creation and maintenance of these
gender norms so that it does not created inequalities in
our socia, poltical and economic spheres.
Would you be willing to be Befriend somoene who....

Is a native of a different country?
Does not have the same religious
beliefs as you do?
Has a physical or mental disability?
Does not speak your language?

Gender Studies and Research
As a subject of inquiry, gender studies utilizes a
systematic approach in identifying problems,
making hypotheses and assumptions, gathering
data, and making conclusion.
This systematic process is reffered to as the
research process.
Approach in Research
Qualitative approach focuses more on the
meaning created and interpretation made by
people about their own personal or observed
experiences.
Example, if you want to know women, men or
LGBTQ+ live their on a daily basis and how they
make sense of their lived experiences, then this
approach is fitting.
Quantitative approach focuses more on
characteristics a population (total number of
individual in a group) or a sample (a sub-group
within the population).
Information from both approached provide

holistic view on social realities to derive data from
multiple response.
Ethics in Gender and Sexuality Research
1. Informed Consent – Researchers should make
sure that the participant in the study are aware of
the purpose of the study they are participating in.
They should also ensure only those participants who
agree (in writing) will be included, and that they
shall not force any participant to join.
2. Confidentiality and anonymity – Researhcers should
not reveal any information provided by the participants,
much so, their identity to anyone who are not
concerned with the study. All data gathered from the
survey or interviews should also be palced in a secure
location or filing system.
3. Non maleficence and benefecience – A study do no
harm (non-maleficence) to anyone. Especially in
research involving humans, a study in researchers
involving humans, a study should be benefecial for it to
be worth implementing.
4. Distributive justice – Any study should not
disadvantage a particular group, especially the
marginalized and the oppressed (eg., poor people,
women, LGBTQ+, the elderly) The benefits of a study
should be for all.
Lets do Research
“The Effect of Descrimination to LGBT

Community in Sultan Kudarat”
Objectives of the Study
1. To determine the socio-demographic profile of the informants.
1.1 Age
1.2 Educational Attainment
1.3 Gender Orientation
1.4 Religion
2. To determine who are mostly descriminated.
3. To determine the reason why the LGBT community are being descriminated.
4. To assess the level of descrimination in terms of:
4.1 work
4.2 school
4.3 religion
4.4 family
5. To determine the effects of descrimination to the LGBT community in
5.1 psychological
5.2 Social
5.3 political
Instruction.
1. Print all the responses of the informant.
2. Made a conclusion and recommendation.
3. Have a documentation. (pictorials)
Content of research
Introduction
Findings
Conclusions
Recommendations
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Lesson 3

GENDER AND SEXUALITY AS

Students should be able to:

1. Define gender issues

Girls are bad drivers while

Boys should not be allowed

Women should be prim and

Gender roles are socially constructed and are not

Would you be willing to be Befriend somoene who....

Does not speak your language?

Information from both approached provide

“The Effect of Descrimination to LGBT

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