Men and women

gentle passionate
reckless practical
sensitive aggressive
mysterious emotional
logical reliable
talkative manipulative
devious
female male
straightforward
sympathetic loving
efficient intuitive
How would you feel?

• pleased • uncomfortable • A close friend is about to get

• unconcerned • upset married. You have met their
• understanding • concerned fiance(e) and like them very
• supportive • angry
much. A week before the
• sympathetic • intrigued
wedding your friend tells you
• embarrassed • indignant
(s)he is actually marrying a
• shocked • worried
transsexual.
• awkward
How would you feel?

• pleased • uncomfortable • You are sitting in a bar at a table

• unconcerned • upset on your own. A woman comes
• understanding • concerned and sits at the same table and
• supportive • angry you start chatting. After a while
• sympathetic • intrigued you notice that she has very big
• embarrassed • indignant hands, rather a deep voice and
• shocked • worried obviously shaves.
• awkward
How would you feel?

• pleased • uncomfortable • One of your friends is having a

• unconcerned • upset party. She rings you up and
• understanding • concerned tells you that all the men have
• supportive • angry
to dress as women and all the
• sympathetic • intrigued
women have to dress as men.
• embarrassed • indignant
• shocked • worried
• awkward
How would you feel?

• pleased • uncomfortable • You have been out a few times with a

• unconcerned • upset member of the opposite sex. You
• understanding • concerned have seen a couple of films together
• supportive • angry and been out for drinks a few times.
You get on very well and find this
• sympathetic • intrigued
person quite attractive. You go out
• embarrassed • indignant
for dinner together one evening and
• shocked • worried (s)he tells you that (s)he is
• awkward transsexual.
How would you feel?

• pleased • uncomfortable • You have offered an important

• unconcerned • upset job in your company to a well-
• understanding • concerned qualified woman who performed
• supportive • angry very well at interview. She
• sympathetic • intrigued accepts the job and at the same
• embarrassed • indignant time she says: “Perhaps I should
• shocked • worried tell you that until three years ago
• awkward I was a man.”
How would you feel?

• pleased • uncomfortable • Your best friend suddenly tells

• unconcerned • upset you that (s)he is going to have
• understanding • concerned a sex change operation. This is
• supportive • angry
a complete surprise as your
• sympathetic • intrigued
friend has never told you of
• embarrassed • indignant
any worries about gender
• shocked • worried
identity.
• awkward
Love conquers all things.
Love is blind.
Which of these relationships do
you think are OK?

• A 25-year-old man with a 40-year-old woman.

• A 17-year-old man with a 40-year-old woman.

• A 40-year-old man with a 17-year-old woman.

• An 80-year-old man with an 18-year-old woman.

In need of advice!
Who is right?

Another senior naval officer resigned last night as a result of the
Government’s decision to allow homosexuals to join the armed
forces.
Commander James MacDonald, 43, who fought in the war in
Bosnia, said of the Government’s decision: “There are many good
military reasons why homosexuals should not be allowed into the
armed forces. The Government, however, has chosen to make a
decision for political and legal reasons.
Commander MacDonald’s resignation came a day after Brigadier
Howard Jones, 47, asked to retire early for similar reasons.
Brigadier Jones said: “I have no personal problem with
homosexuals, but I do believe strongly from both a moral and a
military point of view that there is no place for them in the army.
The Government has reached its decision for no good military
reason.”
Janis Hewitt will be ready for some strong opposition when she
becomes mayor of the small Welsh town of Llanford next week.
She announced yesterday that her lesbian partner will be
mayoress.
Ms Hewitt points out that she has never made any secret of her
relationship and she sees no reason to start doing so now. “We
have been together for 20 years,” she said, “and we have never
hidden the fact. It really shouldn’t be a problem. There are more
important issues, like getting a better life for people.” Gareth
James, chairman of the local Conservatives, disagrees strongly.
“This has come as quite a shock,” he said angrily. “It degrades the
position of mayor. It is not the sort of thing we associate with this
town, Things like this don’t happen here.”
Are there any jobs not suitable for gays?

• TEACHER • NANNY
• PRIEST • POLITICIAN
• NURSE • DOCTOR
• TV PRESENTER • POLICE OFFICER
How are women discriminated in these
spheres?

• Education • Workplace
• Profession • Society
overcome mindset illiterate
struggle
• • What kind of barriers do women in your country have to ………………?
• • Do you think there are a lot of women that are ………………in the world?
• • How can we change the ………………of society in order to help women improve their
situation?
• • What countries in your opinion ………………most with gender inequality?
• "I saw how she was longing to gain/make/bring control over
her simple daily routines, small details that we take
on/for/with granted, from counting money at the market to
helping her kids in homework."
• "I've always dreamt to/of/by discovering a new bacteria."

• "She received a money/grant/salary from a local NGO to

fund her business studies at the university."

• "The Arab states are going through high/quite/tremendous

change, and the struggles women face are overwhelming."
Agree or disagree?

• If there were more female politicians, there would be no wars in the

world.
• If governments give more money to women's organizations, they
will spend it on education.
• If boys and girls were treated the same way, the problem of gender
inequality would be solved.