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Basic Terms / Concepts

in GAD
ROXAN S. SOLANO
MAED
 GENDER
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 Refers to the socially constructed differences
between men and women;

 The roles and responsibilities of men and women

that are created in our families, societies and
cultures.
 SEX
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 Refers to the biological differences

between men and women
 PATRIARCHY
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 Manifestation and
institutionalization of male
dominance against women and
children
 PUBLIC
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 An exclusionary space where
men control and distribute the
material and social resources
 PRIVATE
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 An exclusionary space where men
are considered as the head of the
family, due to the privatization of
women’s bodies, with all the
decision making powers conferred
upon him and thus the state does
not interfere.
 SEXISM
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 The ideology of male supremacy;
it allows men to believe that they
are needed for the existence of
women, to protect women and give
them identity.
 FEMINITY
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 socially acceptable behavior and
characteristics appropriate to
behave being female in our society.
 MASCULINITY
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 socially acceptable behavior to how
males are expected to behave being
male in our society.
 FERAL CHILDREN
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 Children who have grown up
with limited human contact
 GENDER EQUITY
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 Refers to the fairness of
treatment for women and men
according to their respective
needs.
 GENDER EQUALITY
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 means that women and men have
equal conditions for realizing their
full human rights and for
contributing to, and benefitting
from economic, social, cultural and
political development.
 STEREOTYPE

 widely held but oversimplified
belief, image or idea about a
person, race, group, sex or
thing
 DEVELOPMENT
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 Is the material and social
redistribution of resources and
power.
 GENDER ROLES
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 cultural expectations attached to
how males and females are
expected to behave in our society.

 they are learned and change over

time
 EMPOWERMENT
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 is about people both men and women

 taking control over their lives

 setting their own agenda
 gaining skills
 Building self confidence
 solving problems
 developing self-reliance
GENDER SENSITIVITY
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Understanding and consideration
of socio-cultural factors underlying
sex-based discrimination
 Applies to attitudes that socialize
girls and boys into certain
behaviors or opportunities
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