CENTRAL MINDANAO UNIVERSITY

University Center for Gender and Development

GENDER SENSITIVITY PRETEST
Dear Student:

Welcome to Central Mindanao University!

Before we start this semester, you are requested to give your honest stand on
each statement in the table below. Kindly place check (/) on the column of
the number that corresponds your answer given the following equivalent of
each statement:

5 – strongly agree
4 – agree
3 – undecided
2 – disagree
1 – strongly disagree

Thank you very much for your cooperation.

UCGAD

Item 1 2 3 4 5
Boys should not cry. /
Girls should not play guns and cars. /
Boys should not play dolls. /
Boys should not wear nor use pink-colored clothes/things. /

Boys are expected to be active and aggressive. /

Ladies have to be modest in their ways. /
The mother, and not the father, is the one expected to take /
care of children.
Women are the ones expected to do household chores. /
Fathers should be the breadwinners in the family. /
Fathers should be the one who makes major decisions in /
the family.
It is an obligation of the wife to satisfy the sexual demand /
of her husband even if it is against her will.
It is the responsibility of the wife to keep the family intact. /

It is more acceptable when a man has another woman than /

the other way around.
Women are weaker than men. / Men
are better leaders than women. /
Men are rational while women are emotional. /
A doctor is preferably male. /
A teacher is preferably female. /
Women need to be protected by men. /
Women are less intelligent than men. /
Males perform better in math than females. /
Male students are good in problem solving and other /
activities that require rational thinking.
Female students excel in language courses. /
Females could hardly become athletes. /
It is the fault of women to be sexually harassed because /
they wear “sexy” attire.

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