Orientation Game Design

Contest to promote gender

awareness

Gender? What is it?

What do you think? Agree or disagree?

Women are beautiful like flowers.

What do you think? Agree or disagree?

Women can be as good engineers as men

What do you think? Agree or disagree?

Men can take care of babies as well as
women.

What do you think? Agree or disagree?

Men are the elephants front legs and women
are its hind legs.

What do you think? Agree or disagree?

What determines your views about the above
sentences?

Your own value judgment?

Your teachers and parents teaching?
The cultural tradition?

Are women and men

born to be different?
Sex vs. Gender

What is Sex?
Biological differences between females and
males

What is Sex?

Examples:

Female have XX chromosome, while males

have XY chromosome
Females have vagina, while males have penis
Females could bear babies

What is Gender?

Socio-cultural differences between women

and men

the roles (mother/father, husband/wife)

characteristics (values, personality traits,
behaviours, attitudes and interests)
in different societal institutions (the family,
schools, workplaces and governments).

What is Gender?

When you say that you are a man/woman, what

are you actually implying?

What should be your job?

What should be your hobbies?

Should you go rock-climbing?

What should be your character?

Should you be a nurse?

Should you be emotional?

What should your wear?

Should you wear pink?

What is Gender?

Gender roles and characteristics:

learned and transmitted through

socialisation;
changeable over time; and
have wide variations both within and between
societies and cultures.

Socialisation of Gender

Socialisation is the process which an individual

acquire, through interaction with other people, the
knowledge about various attitudes, values,
behaviours, roles, social and cultural skills
It is the process which we become self-conscious,
knowledgeable and skillful so that we could live
our lives under a specific environment.
This process is at work continuously through all
phases of our lives, especially when we move in a
new environment.

Socialisation of Gender

During the socialisation process, the

following parties play an important part in
shaping your concepts about gender :

Family
Friends
School Education
Working Environment
Media

Socialisation of Gender

Think about the following:

What is the meaning of your name?

Who tells you what kind of toys you should have for
your birthday?
Why did you choose your major subject in
University?
Why are you assigned your tasks at the Christmas
party at your workplace?
Who tells you what body figure you should have?

Myths and Facts about Gender

Myth:

Women are weaker than men.

Fact:

Leg strength relative to the individuals lean body

weight is equal for men and women
Men have faster neuro-muscular response time: great
force production
Women have a greater portion of shored elastic energy
than men during activities in which muscle is prestretched, e.g. counter movement prior to jumping.

Myths and Facts about Gender

Myth:

After getting married, women do not need to work.

Fact:

In Hong Kong, women constitutes 44% of the labour

force. Their labour participation rate is 52%.
Of those people who are heavily involved in
housework, 80% were women.
Women homemakers spent 6.8 hours a day on
housework, women with dual role spent 3 hours,
while men spent 1.1 hours on average.

Myths and Facts about Gender

Myth:

Women are worse in decision-maker than men.

Fact:

In the HKSAR Government, women constitutes 7 among the 17

Permanent Secretaries, the most senior officials in the civil service,.
In the administrative officers grade, which is a corps of multiskilled professional administrators who form the backbone of the
government's policy, 53.4 % were women.
Of all the top/ senior management positions in private and nongovernment sector in Hong Kong, women are now holding about a
quarter (26%) of them.

What is Gender Stereotyping?

Gender Stereotyping emerges when preconceived ideas about one sex are applied
indiscriminately without considering any
personal, social and cultural factors.
For example:
"Men are aggressive while women are
emotional".

Proliferation of Gender Stereotyping in our daily life

Have you ever:1. made use of women's body and /or portraying
women as sex objects to draw other peoples
attention?
2. made fun of women's body or their particular
parts?
3. associated certain ability, like analytical skills and
physical strength, to a specific sex?
4. confined certain family roles, like breadwinner
and housekeeper, and occupations, like nurse and
engineer, to a specific sex?

Who are the Women in Hong Kong?

Who are the Women in Hong Kong?

Life Expectancy
Female: 84.3
Male: 78.5

Labour Force Population

Female: 1.6 million (44%)
Male: 2.0 million (56%)
Total: around 3.6 million

Who are the Women in Hong Kong?

Percentage of Female Students in Universities

in 2002/03
Female: 16,300 (55%)
Male: 13,089 (45%)
Total: 29,389

Who are the Women in Hong Kong?

Education

Choice of subjects

Female dominating

Male dominating

Arts & Humanities

76.0%

Engineering and
Technology 72.4%

Education 74.2%

Sciences 61.9%

Social Sciences 65.1%

Who are the Women in Hong Kong?

Public Life and Decision Making

Members in Legislative Council

Female: 11
Male: 49

Members in District Councils

Female: 90
Male: 412

Members in Government Advisory and Statutory

Boards
Female: 1,357 (23.4%)
Male: 4,434 (76.6%)

Who are the Women in Hong Kong?

Womens Roles in the Family

Sharing of Housework

Responsible for 20% and less

Female: 36.2%
Male: 68.3%

Time Spent on Unpaid Activities

Female: 3.3hrs
Male: 1.1hrs

Some questions for thought

Have you ever felt uncomfortable

during certain games/activities in
the O Camps because of some sexrelated elements?

When you are planning for

the coming O-camp, will
you like to make some
changes to these
games/activities?

Will you like to design an

orientation game to promote
gender awareness among
participants ?

Act Now!

Come and join the Orientation Game

Design Contest!