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Strengthening the Capacity of the DILG E

Provincial/City Frontliners/Field Officers N
April 27-29, 2016
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Puerto Princesa City
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Gender Sensitivity Quiz R

NAME: S
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DESIGNATION:
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FIELD OF ASSIGNEMENT:
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Differentiating SEX from GENDER. Write S for SEX and G for GENDER on the blank. I
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1. Women give birth to babies, men do not. I
2. Little girls are gentle, boys are rough. V
3. According to UN statistics, women do 67% of the world’s work, yet their earnings I
amount only to 10% of the world’s income. T
4. In the rural areas, women are paid lower than the wage for men.
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5. Women can breast-feed babies. Men can bottle-feed babies.
6. Most building site workers in the Philippines are men.
7. In ancient Egypt, men stayed at home and did weaving. Q
8. Women handled family business. Women inherited property and men did not. U
9. Men’s voices break at puberty, women’s do not. I
10. In one study of 224 cultures, there were 5 in which men did all the cooking and 36 Z
in which women did all the house building.
11. In one documented case, a child who was brought up as a girl. Then learned that he
was actually a boy, his school mark improved dramatically.
12. Natural attribute that a person is born with.
13. Socially and culturally constructed.
14. Women menstruate, men don’t.
15. Constant regardless of time and place.
16. A man is the head of the family.
17. Women have larger breasts than men.
18. Uses terms like male and female. Characteristics are universal
19. Uses terms like masculine and feminine. Roles can be performed by both sexes
20. A wife cannot initiate sex with her husband.
21. Girls drop out of school more than boys do.
22. In most African traditions, women do not own land
23. Biological fact. Fixed.
24. Acquired/learned. Can be unlearned.
25. Time and place-bound.

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