GENDER

SENSITIVITY
BY
RAQUEL M. MANALO
TEACHER III
SMALL GROUP DISCUSSION
SUBJECT: WHAT IS MY UNDERSTANDING OF
GENDER
SENSITIVITY? OR WHAT COMES
IMMEDIATELY TO MY MIND IF I HEAR GENDER
SENSITIVITY?
 WHY GENDER IS A DEVELOPMENT
ISSUE?
THE FOR CONSIDERING GENDER CAN BE MADE USING
THE FOLLOWING STATISTICS:
• WOMEN FORM 50% OF THE WORLD’S POPULATION.
• WOMEN PERFORM 2/3 OF THE WORLD’S WORK.
• WOMEN MAKE UP 2/3 OF THE WORLD’S ILLITERATE
POPULATION.
• WOMEN EARN 1/10 OF THE WORLD’S INCOME.
• WOMEN EARN LESS THAN 1/100 OF THE WORLD’S
PROPERTY.
• WOMEN CONSTITUTE 70% OF THE WORLD’S POOR LIVING
ON
LESS THAN $1/PER DAY
 SMALL GROUP
DISCUSSION

SUBJECT: WHAT IS THE MOST

OBJECTIONABLE
GENDER ISSUE THAT I HAVE EXPERIENCED
AS A
MAN OR A WOMAN?
GENDER
SENSITIVITY?
•  SEEING – women and men,
what they actually do, rather than
relying on assumptions 
• HEARING – women and men,
their needs, priorities and
perspectives
•  COUNTING – the value of
women’s work 
• RESPECTING – full dignity of
women and men 
• CARING – about women and men
and what happen to them
GENDER SENSITIVITY
Not a war of the sexes
Not an anti-male stance
Both women and men are
victims, although women are
affected more than men.
In practically ; all cultures,
women have a lower status than
men.
 Renaming and
reimaging women
or men
relationships to
bring about
mutuality and
partnership.
 REFERS TO THE:
TWO CATEGORIES OF
ANIMALS – MALE AND
FEMALE – NEEDED FOR
THE ACT OF
MATING TO RESULT IN
BIOLOGICAL
REPRODUCTION
male female
 GENDE
R
GENDER REFERS TO THE
DIFFERENTIATED SOCIAL ROLES,
BEHAVIOR, CAPACITIES AND
INTELLECTUAL, EMOTIONAL, AND SOCIAL
CHARACTERISTICS ATTRIBUTED BY A
GIVEN CULTURE TO WOMEN AND MEN.
THE TERM IMPLIES THE CULTURAL
ROLES EXPECTED OF A PERSON.
THE CHARACTERISTICS ATTRIBUTED TO
FEMALES ARE LABELED AS FEMININE
AND THOSE ATTRIBUTED TO MALES ARE
LABELED AS MASCULINE AS DEFINED BY
A GIVEN SOCIETY.

HENCE, GENDER IS A SOCIAL

CONSTRUCT
 • GENDER IS A VARIABLE CONCEPT, AS ITS
CONSTRUCTION VARIES ACROSS CULTURES
AND
OVER TIME.
• DEFINITION OF MASCULINE AND FEMININE
OFTEN VARY FROM ONE RACE AND CULTURE
TO
ANOTHER.
• VARIATIONS IN GENDER DEFINITIONS ARE
DUE
TO SPECIFIC ECONOMIC, POLITICAL, AND
SOCIAL CONDITIONS OF EACH CLASS,
Thank you for being an
active participant in
promoting gender
awareness and inclusivity
in the workplace. Let's
continue to create a more
diverse and inclusive
corporate culture together!