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21st Century Literature from

the Philippines and the World
Quarter 2 : Module 1 Lesson 3
Gender Stereotyping
21st Century Literature from the Philippines and the World
Quarter 2 : Module 1 Lesson 3

MELC 1: Writing a close analysis and critical interpretation of literary texts and doing
an adaptation of these require from the learner the ability to identify representative
texts and authors from Asia, North America, Europe, Latin America, and Africa.

Specific Objectives:
a) Define feminism as viewed from various sources;
b) Identify specific challenges to women’s rights, why they exist and what
can be done to effect change;
c) Develop infographic materials to address gender stereotyping; and
d) Write a critical essay on the suggested material/text using the feminist
approach.

Republic Act 8293, section 176 states that: No copyright shall subsist in any work
of the Government of the Philippines. However, prior approval of the government
agency or office wherein the work is created shall be necessary for exploitation of
such work for profit. Such agency or office may, among other things, impose as a
condition the payment of royalties.

Borrowed materials (i.e., songs, stories, poems, pictures, photos, brand

names, trademarks, etc.) included in this book are owned by their respective
copyright holders. Every effort has been exerted to locate and seek permission to
use these materials from their respective copyright owners. The publisher and
authors do not represent nor claim ownership over them.

Published by the Department of Education

Regional Director: Gilbert T. Sadsad:
Assistant Regional Director: Ronelo Al K. Firmo

Development Team
Sorsogon City Division
Author: Liza P. Pacla
Teacher III, Buhatan Integrated National School
Editors: Maricris Digo- Labayandoy and Anne E. Mancia
Teacher II, SNHS Asst. Principal, SNHS Senior High School
Reviewers: Cleofe D. Ariola and Albay Division (headed by Mai Anne D.
Rondola)
I. INTRODUCTION

Literature can be better appreciated and understood when studied through a

particular critical lens. As the popular saying goes, “there are several ways to kill a
cat”, in the same manner, a text can be read critically in various ways, or from
different perspectives.

There are several approaches in critical literary appreciation, one of which is

through the feminist approach. The Feminist theory shifts its assumptions, analytic
lens, and topical focus away from the male viewpoint and experience toward that of
women. In doing so, feminist theory shines a light on social problems, trends, and
issues that are otherwise overlooked or misidentified by the historically dominant
male perspective society.

In the feminist approach, the key areas of focus include discrimination and
exclusion on the basis of sex and gender, objectification, structural and economic
inequality, power and oppression, and gender roles and stereotypes.

This module provides various activities that will enable you to:

1. Define feminism as viewed from various sources;

2. Identify specific challenges to women’s rights, why they exist and what can
be done to effect change; and
3. Develop infographic materials to address gender stereotyping
4. Write a critical essay on the suggested material/text using the feminist
approach.

II. PRE-TEST

DIRECTIONS: Choose the best answer from the given choices for each item. Write
your answer on a separate sheet of paper..

1. Which of the following statements does NOT support Feminism as an

approach in analyzing literature?
a. It highlights the influence of patriarchy over women and girls.
b. It suppresses the struggles of women to be accepted by the society
and the world as a human being.
c. It explores the systematic inequalities that exist in the society.
d. It reinforces the call for women empowerment and independence.
2. Who usually holds and wields power in a patriarchal society?
a. Male
b. Female
c. LGBTQ
d. Senior Citizens

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 3. Malala Yousafzai believes that education is the most effective way to
empower young people, especially women and girls. What did Malala do
to actualize her personal belief?
a. Organize international protests to get support
b. Deliver moving speeches to a global audience
c. Create awareness through global campaigns and advocacies
d. Initiate reforms in various government agencies
4. What is common among these literary works: Twilight, The Joy Luck Club,
Beloved and Lives of Girls and Women?
a. They all talk about the dreams and aspirations of people.
b. They are all written by women writers in their respective timelines.
c. They represent the voice of their generation.
d. They share the challenges of a lost cause.
5. In which of the following story lines can the feminist approach best apply?
a. A girl receives the accolades of classmates and friends after winning
the national championship.
b. A woman weds her longtime beau in a very classy and intimate
ceremony.
c. A girl, born to a poor but domineering father, marries someone chosen
for her in exchange for a land title, lives with the abusive husband, and
lives her life in misery.
d. A woman works in a big company that provides good pay and benefits,
lives alone in an apartment, drives her own car and travels often.

III. LESSON PROPER

Activity 1: He said. She said.

Before you proceed to the tasks ahead, try to answer the activity below. This
will give you an overview of what you will learn in this module.

Read the following statements and decide whether you think each statement
is most likely to have been spoken by a male or a female person. Use a separate
sheet for your answer.

Draw this symbol for MALE; for FEMALE

STATEMENT WHO SAID THIS?

1. “Several times my older brother has beaten me up. He

also tells me ‘you go ahead and go to school and I’ll throw
acid on you.”

2. “When I complained about not getting paid, he called the

police to beat me up.”

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3. “Once I arrived I was introduced to a lady. She took my
travel documents and my mobile phone. She said she had
bought me, she owned me and that I had to pay back the
debt.”

4. “When my mother died in childbirth I had to give up school

to take care of my brothers and sisters.”

5. “I wanted to get an education, but my parents were

determined to marry me off.”

https://www.womankind.org.uk/index.html

SCORE:

Got 3-5 correct answers? Very good! Without doubt, you will slay this lesson.
2 below? Don’t fret. You will learn more as you go along.

STUDY THESE

History is replete with stories of women who battled with oppression and
discrimination in pursuit of equality and independence. There was Sojourner Truth,
an African-American who dedicated her life to fighting and defending gender
equality. Her speech “Ain’t I a Woman?” stirred hearts and became widely told during
the Civil War era. In 1828, she became the first black woman to win a custody court
battle against a white man. Frida Kahlo, a Mexican artist, used her work to portray
taboo topics such as abortion, miscarriage, birth, and breastfeeding, among other
things. Sally Ride was the first American woman to launch into space on June 18, 1983,
on the space shuttle Challenger. In 2001, she started Sally Ride Science which helps
to combat misconceptions about women in STEM and "inspire young people in
science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) and to promote STEM literacy."
Then there’s Malala Yousafzai, who in 2012 at the age of 17, became the youngest
Nobel Prize laureate in history. In a world where 31 million children do not receive a
primary education and another 62 million miss out on a secondary education 62
million girls around the world are denied an education, which often dooms them to a
life of poverty and dependence, Yousafzai continues to speak out on female
education and gender equality. Her global campaign #BooksNotBullets aims to do
exactly what it suggests: empower young people, especially girls, with books,
instead of putting them under the sway of bullets. These activists advanced the
causes of and for women like them but the battle continues.

Though much have been achieved in the area of women empowerment in the
West, much still awaits emancipation especially for women in most third world
countries, where issues about access to education, employment opportunities
reproductive health and rights, female genital mutilation, gender-based violence, and

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child marriages still abound. These issues confronting women become central to
their narratives that usually land on the front pages of broadsheets, on national
television broadcasts, as well as on the pages of literature.

Literature is said to be a reflection of the society; its perceptions and attitudes

best seen through the characters’ portrayal, their words and deeds. Feminist
literature is fiction, nonfiction, drama or poetry which supports the feminist goals of
defining, establishing and defending equal civil, political, economic and social rights
for women.

Then and now, feminist literature, which is based on the principles of

feminism, bemoans the struggles of women to be accepted by the society and the
world as a human being. The 21st century novel Sister Outsider written by Audre
Lorde is a literal testament to the need for society and women to bear witness and
engage in a real exchange on the problems facing female communities. As a Black
queer woman, Lorde’s work is not simply a testament, but a truth one holds close
and has become required reading to understand feminism at its core. It is not the
sole tome on this topic, yet there is a reason it is so often referenced thanks to the
blunt and compassionate way Lorde presents humanity as a woman, as a mother,
and as an artist.

Pride by Ibi Zoboi which is a contemporary take on Jane Austen’s Pride

Prejudice, on the other hand, tackles romance, familial expectations, and the
ongoing pursuit of happiness. Feminism, as it were, does not mean having to forgo
love in the interest of other desires be they academic or creative or political.
In Pride, the title holds sway in so many character’s actions, particularly protagonist
Zuri Benitez who never loses sight of who she is and how she sees the world around
her change as gentrification, and money take hold in Brooklyn. Zuri is outspoken, a
fighter, Afro-Latin and desirable for all those reasons. Her femininity is not forsaken
due to these characteristics—it’s sought after.

Acknowledging the ways that identities connect, overlap and influence one
another has given women, girls and advocates a way to frame their circumstances
and fight for their rights, inclusion and visibility. It is accurate to say that literature
became the most expedient sounding board of stories about women and their
challenges in the ordinary schemes of things. It provided the best avenue for
showing the plight of most women personified in fictional characters in realistic
pursuits and almost always tragic endings. Feminism champions the rights of women
to fully contribute at home, at work and in public life, for the betterment of their
communities and society at large.

Simply put, following are common views about feminism:

1. Women are oppressed by patriarchy - economically, politically, socially, and

psychologically; patriarchal ideology is the primary means by which women
are oppressed. Patriarchy is a social system in which men hold primary power
and predominate in roles of political leadership, moral authority, social
privilege and control of property.

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 2. In every domain where patriarchy reigns, woman is other: she is marginalized,
defined only by her difference from male norms and values.
3. All of Western (Anglo-European) civilization is deeply rooted in patriarchal
ideology, for example, in the Biblical portrayal of Eve as the origin of sin and
death in the world.
4. While biology determines our sex (male or female), culture determines our
gender (scales of masculine and feminine).
5. All feminist activity, including feminist theory and literary criticism, has as its
ultimate goal to change the world by prompting gender equality.
6. Gender issues play a part in every aspect of human production and
experience, including the production and experience of literature, whether we
are consciously aware of these issues or not.

The foregoing views may be considered in doing a close analysis using the
feminist lens. In a work of fiction, they may constitute the theme, or may be explored
in the setting, or may provide the very conflict that the character needs to resolve in
the story. Below are some typical questions one must ask when writing a close
analysis:

• How is the relationship between men and women portrayed?

• What are the power relationships between men and women (or characters
assuming male/female roles)?
• How are male and female roles defined?
• What constitutes masculinity and femininity?
• How do characters embody these traits?
• Do characters take on traits from opposite genders? How so? How does this
change others’ reactions to them?
• What does the work reveal about the operations (economically, politically,
socially, or psychologically) of patriarchy?
• What does the work imply about the possibilities of sisterhood as a mode of
resisting patriarchy?
• What does the work say about women's creativity?
• What does the history of the work's reception by the public and by the critics
tell us about the operation of patriarchy?
• What role does the work play in terms of women's literary history and literary
tradition?

The Feminist approach is a powerful literary method that you can use to analyze
literature. Be guided by the following process as you write your essay or literary
analysis.

1. Carefully read the work you will analyze.

2. Formulate a general question after your initial reading that identifies a
problem—a tension—that addresses a key issue relevant to feminist, queer
theory, or masculinity studies.
3. Reread the work, paying particular attention to the question you posed. Take
notes, which should be focused on your central question. Write an exploratory
journal entry or blog post that allows you to play with ideas.
4. Construct a working thesis that makes a claim about the work and accounts
for the following:

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 a. What does the work mean?
b. How does the work artistically demonstrate a theme?
c. “So what” is significant about the work? That is, why is it important for
you to write about this work? What will readers “learn” from reading
your interpretation?
5. Reread the text to gather textual evidence for support. What literary
devices are used to achieve the theme?
6. Construct an informal outline that demonstrates how you will support your
interpretation.
7. Write a first draft.
8. Receive feedback from peers and your teacher via peer review and
conferencing with your teacher (if possible)
9. Revise the paper, which will include revising your original thesis statement
and restructuring your paper to best support the thesis. Note: You probably
will revise many times, so it is important to receive feedback at every draft
stage if possible.
10. Edit and proofread for correctness, clarity, and style.

IV. ENRICHMENT

Activity 2. WORD WEB

After reading the preceding discussion, study the following statements/quotes

and consider the ideas you gleaned from them. Write the word FEMINISM at the
center of the web then complete the word web with such ideas. Use a separate
sheet of paper for your answers.

☺ “I believe the rights of women and girls is the unfinished business of the 21st
Century.”
HILLARY CLINTON, US Politician
https://www.stylist.co.uk/life/the-top-50-most-empowering-feminist-quotes-of-all-time

☺ “A feminist is a person who believes that the subordination of women is not only
unfair, but immoral—and lives according to that belief.”
BARBARA SHACK Associate Director, New York Civil Liberties Union
https://www.nytimes.com/1975/11/08/archives/a-feminist-definition-varies-with-the-
woman.html

☺ “A feminist is a person who actively practices the philosophy of equality of the

sexes, whether in a professional or personal aspect.”
ARIE TAYLOR, State Representative, Colorado
https://www.nytimes.com/1975/11/08/archives/a-feminist-definition-varies-with-the-
woman.html

☺ “A feminist is a person, female or male, who identifies with the needs of all
women. A feminist is sensitive to the discrimination suffered by women as a
class and advocates full legal, political, social and economic equality for

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 everyone. A feminist relates to each person as a human being and wants for
all people a free and unconditioned choice to develop their full potential and
not be stereotyped into a specific role based on sex. A feminist is one who
makes a priority commitment to the betterment of the position of women in our
society.”
MARY BURKE NICHOLAS, Director, Women's Division State of New York
https://www.nytimes.com/1975/11/08/archives/a-feminist-definition-varies-with-the-
woman.html

☺ “We shouldn’t be afraid of the word ‘feminist’ – men and women should be able to
use the word to describe themselves any time they want."
JUSTIN TRUDEAU, Prime Minister of Canada
https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2016/01/7-quotes-on-gender-parity-from-davos-
2016/

☺ “All men should be feminists. If men care about women’s rights, the world will be a
better place.
JOHN LEGEND, singer
https://www.womenly.net/5-things-about-feminism/john-legend/

☺ “Let us use this century to be the century when we said we started the mission to
end the violence and oppression of women. Let us never, ever let our
children become the abusers to our women that we permitted in our lifetime.
HARRY BELAFONTE, singer, actor
https://www.sheknows.com/entertainment/articles/1047339/best-quotes-about-
feminism-

After completing the word web, study how the words and ideas connect.
Then, try to come up with your own definition of feminism. Write your own definition
of the word below on a separate sheet of paper.

FEMINISM is
_________________________________________

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V. GENERALIZATION

Activity 3. AGREE to DISAGREE

Think about what your definition of feminism really means in practice.

Personally, check your thoughts and opinion on the following statements.
Then briefly answer the questions below. Use your ANSWER SHEET.

1. Feminism should continue to focus only on issues like reproductive rights

and economic equality.
2. Feminism failed because it was divisive and exclusive.
3. Feminism seeks to reduce and eliminate narrow gender ideals that restrict
men and women.
4. Feminism should include the rights and needs of transwomen.
5. Feminism is found in the substance of a person’s opinions and not her form.
Which of the following statements do you feel strongly about? Why?

Which statement/s should serve as guide when you do literary analysis using
the feminist approach?

VI. APPLICATION

Activity 4. A FEMINIST VOICE

At this point you will read the full transcript of the speech delivered by Emma
Watson, the UN Women Goodwill Ambassador, at the UN Headquarters on
September 20, 2014. You may take down notes as you read it very carefully, to be
able to answer the questions that will follow.

You may also listen to the speech in these links: https://youtu.be/nIwU-9ZTTJc

or https://youtu.be/gkjW9PZBRfk

https://www.google.com/search?q=emma+watson+speech+about+gender+equality

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 Emma Watson: Gender equality is your issue too
(Speech by UN Women Goodwill Ambassador Emma Watson at a special event for the
HeForShe campaign, United Nations Headquarters, New York, 20 September 2014)

Today we are launching a campaign called “HeForShe.”

I am reaching out to you because I need your help. We want to end gender
inequality—and to do that we need everyone to be involved.
This is the first campaign of its kind at the UN: we want to try and galvanize as many
men and boys as possible to be advocates for gender equality. And we don’t just
want to talk about it, but make sure it is tangible.
I was appointed six months ago and the more I have spoken about feminism the
more I have realized that fighting for women’s rights has too often become
synonymous with man-hating. If there is one thing I know for certain, it is that this
has to stop.
For the record, feminism by definition is: “The belief that men and women should
have equal rights and opportunities. It is the theory of the political, economic and
social equality of the sexes.”
I started questioning gender-based assumptions when at eight I was confused at
being called “bossy,” because I wanted to direct the plays we would put on for our
parents—but the boys were not.
When at 14 I started being sexualized by certain elements of the press.
When at 15 my girlfriends started dropping out of their sports teams because they
didn’t want to appear “muscly.”
When at 18 my male friends were unable to express their feelings.
I decided I was a feminist and this seemed uncomplicated to me. But my recent
research has shown me that feminism has become an unpopular word.
Apparently I am among the ranks of women whose expressions are seen as too
strong, too aggressive, isolating, anti-men and, unattractive.
Why is the word such an uncomfortable one?
I am from Britain and think it is right that as a woman I am paid the same as my male
counterparts. I think it is right that I should be able to make decisions about my own
body. I think it is right that women be involved on my behalf in the policies and
decision-making of my country. I think it is right that socially I am afforded the same
respect as men. But sadly I can say that there is no one country in the world where
all women can expect to receive these rights.
No country in the world can yet say they have achieved gender equality.
These rights I consider to be human rights but I am one of the lucky ones. My life is a
sheer privilege because my parents didn’t love me less because I was born a
daughter. My school did not limit me because I was a girl. My mentors didn’t assume
I would go less far because I might give birth to a child one day. These influencers

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were the gender equality ambassadors that made me who I am today. They may not
know it, but they are the inadvertent feminists who are changing the world today.
And we need more of those.
And if you still hate the word—it is not the word that is important but the idea and the
ambition behind it. Because not all women have been afforded the same rights that I
have. In fact, statistically, very few have been.
In 1995, Hilary Clinton made a famous speech in Beijing about women’s rights.
Sadly many of the things she wanted to change are still a reality today.
But what stood out for me the most was that only 30 per cent of her audience were
male. How can we affect change in the world when only half of it is invited or feel
welcome to participate in the conversation?
Men—I would like to take this opportunity to extend your formal invitation. Gender
equality is your issue too.
Because to date, I’ve seen my father’s role as a parent being valued less by society
despite my needing his presence as a child as much as my mother’s.
I’ve seen young men suffering from mental illness unable to ask for help for fear it
would make them look less “macho”—in fact in the UK suicide is the biggest killer of
men between 20-49 years of age; eclipsing road accidents, cancer and coronary
heart disease. I’ve seen men made fragile and insecure by a distorted sense of what
constitutes male success. Men don’t have the benefits of equality either.
We don’t often talk about men being imprisoned by gender stereotypes but I can see
that that they are and that when they are free, things will change for women as a
natural consequence.
If men don’t have to be aggressive in order to be accepted women won’t feel
compelled to be submissive. If men don’t have to control, women won’t have to be
controlled.
Both men and women should feel free to be sensitive. Both men and women should
feel free to be strong… It is time that we all perceive gender on a spectrum not as
two opposing sets of ideals.
If we stop defining each other by what we are not and start defining ourselves by
what we are—we can all be freer and this is what HeForShe is about. It’s about
freedom.
I want men to take up this mantle. So their daughters, sisters and mothers can be
free from prejudice but also so that their sons have permission to be vulnerable and
human too—reclaim those parts of themselves they abandoned and in doing so be a
more true and complete version of themselves.
You might be thinking who is this Harry Potter girl? And what is she doing up on
stage at the UN. It’s a good question and trust me, I have been asking myself the
same thing. I don’t know if I am qualified to be here. All I know is that I care about
this problem. And I want to make it better.

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And having seen what I’ve seen—and given the chance—I feel it is my duty to say
something. English Statesman Edmund Burke said: “All that is needed for the forces
of evil to triumph is for enough good men and women to do nothing.”
In my nervousness for this speech and in my moments of doubt I’ve told myself
firmly—if not me, who, if not now, when. If you have similar doubts when
opportunities are presented to you I hope those words might be helpful.
Because the reality is that if we do nothing it will take 75 years, or for me to be nearly
a hundred before women can expect to be paid the same as men for the same work.
15.5 million girls will be married in the next 16 years as children. And at current rates
it won’t be until 2086 before all rural African girls will be able to receive a secondary
education.
If you believe in equality, you might be one of those inadvertent feminists I spoke of
earlier.
And for this I applaud you.
We are struggling for a uniting word but the good news is we have a uniting
movement. It is called HeForShe. I am inviting you to step forward, to be seen to
speak up, to be the "he" for "she". And to ask yourself if not me, who? If not now,
when?
Thank you.

ACTIVITY 5: Comprehension Questions:

On a separate sheet of paper, please answer the following questions and see
how much you have understood the material you have just read.

1. Who is Emma Watson?

2. What did she hope to achieve with this speech?
3. In what way was feminism defined in the speech?
4. What made her decide to be a feminist?
5. When does one become a feminist according to the text?
6. According to the speech, what problems confront women in a male dominated
society? What measures do governments implement to address these
problems?
7. What is gender equality? In your opinion, do you think this is possible?
8. List down some male gender stereotypes mentioned in the speech. What can
be done to break these stereotypes?
9. How important is male participation in establishing or achieving gender
equality?
10. Why did Emma Watson say that gender equality is a man’s issue too?

You may go over the transcript once more and check if you got the correct
answers. Check your work.

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Score: Got 6-10 correct answers? You are amazing!
5 below? You’re still on the roll!

After listening to the speech, you probably have understood now that
feminism neither focuses exclusively on girls and women nor promotes the
superiority of women over men.

In reality, it has always been about viewing the world in a way that will shed
light on forces that create and support inequality, oppression, and injustice, and in
doing so, promotes the pursuit of equality and justice for all.

VII. ASSESSMENT

TEST YOURSELF

A. ASSESSMENT:

Read the text again. Guided by the following questions, write a critical analysis of the
speech using the Feminist approach:

• What is the speaker trying to espouse?

• How are male and female roles defined in the speech?
• What does the speech reveal about the realities of gender equality/inequality?
• What does the speech reveal about the operations (economically, politically,
socially, or psychologically) of men over women?
• What does the speech imply about possibilities of achieving what the speaker
advocates?

Rate your essay using the following rubric.

5 4 3 2

INTRODUCTION There is a well- Introduction Introduction Background

and defined creates interest. adequately details are not
CONCLUSION introduction which Thesis states the explains the clear. Thesis is
grabs the reader’s position, background or vague,
interest. The Conclusion context. Thesis Conclusion is not
thesis statement effectively states the topic, effective and does
is clearly stated summarizes the but key elements not summarize
and the topic are missing. main points.
conclusion wraps
up and
emphasizes the
importance of the
essay.

MAIN POINTS Well-developed Three or more Three or more Less than three
and main points / topic main points relate main points are ideas/main points
CONTENTS sentences that to the thesis, but present but lack are explained

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 relate directly to some may lack details in and/or they are
the thesis. details. The describing the poorly developed.
Supporting analysis presents ideas in support
examples are ideas from the of the feminist
concrete and author’s point of approach
detailed. The view but could
analysis is use more
developed using elaboration
the feminist through the
approach. feminist
approach.

ORGANIZATION Logical Logical Organization is Writing is not

progression of progression of clear. Transitions organized. The
ideas with clear ideas with clear are present at transitions
structure. structure. times, but there is between
Transitions are Transitions are very little variety. paragraphs are
effective and vary effective and vary unclear.
throughout the throughout the
essay. essay but lacks
variety.

STYLE Writing is smooth, Writing is clear Writing is clear, Writing is

skillful and and sentences but could use a confusing and
coherent. have varied little more hard to follow.
Sentences are structure. Diction sentence variety Contains
strong and is consistent. to make the fragments and/or
expressive with writing more run-on sentences.
varied structure. interesting.

MECHANICS Punctuation, Punctuation, There are only a Distracting errors

spelling, and spelling, and few errors in in punctuation
capitalization are capitalization are punctuation, spelling, and
all correct. No generally correct spelling, and capitalization
errors. with few errors. capitalization.
(1-5) (t 6- 10)

Modified rubrics from this source:

http://swaskiewicz.blogs.ccps.us/files/2015/12/RubricforcriticalanalysisEssay.pdf

B. Create an INFOGRAPHIC/POSTER that will address gender stereotyping and

raise awareness on gender equality. Your output will be rated according to the
rubric below:

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What is an infographic?

An Infographic is a visual representation of information and data. By combining

elements of text image, chart, diagram and, more recently, video.
It is an effective tool to present data and explain complex issues in a way that can
quickly lead to insight and better understanding.
https://infogram.com/page/infographic

What is a gender stereotype?

According to the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR), a
gender stereotype "is a generalized view or preconception about attributes, or
characteristics that are or ought to be possessed by women and men or the roles
that are or should be performed by men and women". It is therefore harmful when
it limits the capacity of women and men to develop their personal attributes or
professional skills and to take decisions about their lives and plans.
https://www.iberdrola.com/social-commitment/gender-stereotypes-women

CRITERIA Exceeds Meets Needs

Expectations Expectations More Work

Content Facts are specific Facts are somewhat Facts are not
and intended to broad to allow the relevant and hardly
inform or convince viewer to allow the viewer to
the viewer. understand the understand the
message. message.

Graphics- All graphics are Most of the graphics Graphics do not

Relevance related to the topic. are related to the relate to the topic.
topic.

Attractiveness It is very attractive It is attractive in It is not attractive,

in terms of design, terms of design, messy and poorly
layout, and layout, and designed.
neatness. neatness

Grammar There are no There are less than There are more
grammatical / 5 grammatical / than 5
mechanical mechanical grammatical /
mistakes. mechanical

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SOURCES

https://www.insider.com/women-who-fought-for-rights

http://www.iosrjournals.org/iosr-jhss/papers/Vol.%2022%20Issue11/Version-
9/C2211091820.pdf

https://www.globalcitizen.org/en/content/malalas-booksnotbullets-subtracts-wars-
adds-school/

https://owl.purdue.edu/owl/subject_specific_writing/writing_in_literature/literary
theory_and_schools_of_criticism/feminist_criticism.html

https://www.womankind.org.uk/index.html

https://www.stylist.co.uk/life/the-top-50-most-empowering-feminist-quotes-of-all-time

https://www.nytimes.com/1975/11/08/archives/a-feminist-definition-varies-with-the-
woman.html

https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2016/01/7-quotes-on-gender-parity-from-davos-
2016/

https://www.womenly.net/5-things-about-feminism/john-legend/

https://www.sheknows.com/entertainment/articles/1047339/best-quotes-about-
feminism-

https://www.athenscsd.org/userfiles/37/Classes/970/feminist_criticism.pdf?id=2194

https://www.google.com/search?q=emma+watson+speech+about+gender+equality

https://www.iberdrola.com/social-commitment/gender-stereotypes-women

https://infogram.com/page/infographic

https://youtu.be/nIwU-9ZTTJc or https://youtu.be/gkjW9PZBRfk

https://youtu.be/BkG2llPJGs

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 ANSWER KEY

PRE-TEST ACTIVITY 5 – COMPREHENSION

1. B 1. the UN Women Goodwill Ambassador.

2. A 2. to reach out to people for help I order to
3. C end gender inequality
4. B 3. the belief that men and women should
5. C have equal rights and opportunities
4. her experiences early on in her life
ACTIVITY 1 – HE SAID. SHE SAID. 5. when one realized that her expressions
come on too strong, too aggressive,
isolating, anti-men and unattractive
1. compared to most women
6. women not getting paid the same as
men, inability to make decisions about
2. one’s body, not allowed to participate in
the policy formulation and nation-
building, not getting the same respect as
3. men
7. when both men and women enjoy the
same opportunities and share the same
4. rights and privileges and respect; and
yes it is possible
8. fathers are not expected to participate in
5. rearing a child, it’s the role for mothers;
men are not expected to show weakness
of any form because they are macho;
ACTIVITY 2 – WORD WEB men have to be aggressive and always in
control; to break the stereotypes, begin
Answers may vary. to perceive gender on a spectrum rather
than as opposing forces
9. when men become free from gender
ACTIVITY 3 – AGREE TO DISAGREE stereotypes, things will change for
women as a natural consequence
I feel strongly about statement #1 because it 10. because men are also affected and also
tends to be limited and besides reproductive become victims of the same
rights and economic equality are not the only discrimination and prejudice
issues confronting women today.
POST TEST
Statements #3, #4 & #5 can guide me in
doing literary analysis. Statement #3 & #4 1. FACT
express openness and inclusion. Statement 2. FACT
#5 considers the woman as a whole and not 3. BLUFF
just the physical or her body. 4. BLUFF
5. FACT

ACTIVITY 4 – READING

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