Lesson 1: CONTEMPLATE. Let us think about how gender is portrayed in your community. List
down as many words or phrases used to (a) identity and (b) describe the following genders.
MEN
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Masculine
Has adams apple
Deep voice
Do the heavy tasks
Authoritative
Broader shoulder
Short hairstyles
Strong
Brave
Handsome
WOMEN
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Feminine
Soft
Emotional
Fragile
Sensitive
Beautiful
Prim and proper
HOMOSEXUAL
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Attracted to people
with the same sex
Portraying the
movement of
opposite sex
Creative
Talented
Flexible
Brave
Beautiful
Handsome
What are your thoughts?
My thoughts about this 3 gender, the man, woman and homosexual is that the society has its own
gender identification on what is a male, female and homosexual. Society has set a standard on our
minds on how this gender should act or should be played out and I guess that we should let this gender
act out the way they want to be, let’s stop this gender stereotyping thing. Every person has its own
capabilities. We should treat anyone equally. We should not set our minds on what the society want us
to do. We should do what we can do and be what we want to be.