Activity 3 Identifying gender o Paste two flipcharts on which the two words “Female” and “Male” are written on the back of a white board. o Prepare two groups of ten participants each. Give instructions to write characteristics of males and females under the two terms male and female (As they think fit). o After that display the two flip charts and read what is written on them to the participants. Charac teristics such as beauty, immaturity, prettiness, honesty, kindness, sensitivity may be presented under the term female and while characteristics such as bravery strength, aggressiveness, cruelty, selfishness, ill humour may be presented under the term male. o Replace the two terms male and female in each flipchart and explain that there are brave, aggres sive, ill humoured and selfish females and kind, patient and sensitive males in the world. Show that these traits may be found in both males and females in a mixed way and their presence in them changes from person to person. Explain that these cannot be generalized as being common to males or females. However, explain that the society has allocated these traits to males and females. o Explain that these traits which have been attributed to females and males by society are not common or universal and are changeable from culture to culture, time to time and race to race. o Explain that male and female sex is a natural biological creation and gender is a social and cultural creation. (Use slides 3 and 4) Slide 3 Gender: Males and females have different traits, roles and behaviour patterns which have been created by the society and the culture. These are not biologically created things. When one is socialized there are socially created things named ethics, beliefs and attitudes to be adopted. The position that males and females are entitled to in any society is a creation of the society. Slide 3 Sex Universal Gender Not universal Natural creation Not a natural creation Biological A social, cultural creation Common to all different human races, Changes according toethnicity, ethnicities, castes and nationalities nationality and class Do not change/ are firm / static Change over time andfrom place to place The differences carrya similar value 22 The differences acrry differentvalues