Sociology
Gender.
a.)Key learnings and events that have shaped your personal sense of gender identity.
I grew up in a home with one sister and parents who shaped the way I look a my personal gender identity.
My parents owned an outdoor shop for the majority of my childhood and I had many opportunities to ski, kayak, camp, trap and go on adventures. This side of me is my 'tomboy' side. I loved getting out in nature and roughing it on traps with my dad, it taught me resilience and how to think and act for myself. The other side is my 'girly' side. This was nurtured by dance lessons, baking and playing barbies with my mum and sister.
I believe I had the best of both growing up and both experiences have made me who I am today. Because of the opportunities I was given to explore both my girly and tom-boy sides, I now look at life from a feminist perspective.
I believe girls can do anything boys can do. We should be given equal opportunities to express ourselves. I want to encourage this in my students- that they can do anything they set their minds to. If boys want to dance and act, thats amazing. Same as if girls want to do rugby or cricket. This will help students become open minded about the stereotypes that surround gender.
I have noticed the change in the way gender is looked at now, as oppose to how it was when I was growing up. I believe this is because of the way homosexuality is viewed and accepted. If a boy is feminine it is presumed he is gay, the same as if a girl is sporty or tom-boyish. I want to create an environment where these stereotypes are broken and people are accepted for who they are.
b.)Emerging from a, write a one or two sentence personal response to the question "What does it mean to you to be male/female"?
Being female means living by the motto 'girls can do anything boys can do, sometimes even better'. I have strong female role models in my family who have shown be what it means to be strong and courageous and to hold everything together.
a.)Key learnings and events that have shaped your personal sense of gender identity.
I grew up in a home with one sister and parents who shaped the way I look a my personal gender identity.
My parents owned an outdoor shop for the majority of my childhood and I had many opportunities to ski, kayak, camp, trap and go on adventures. This side of me is my 'tomboy' side. I loved getting out in nature and roughing it on traps with my dad, it taught me resilience and how to think and act for myself. The other side is my 'girly' side. This was nurtured by dance lessons, baking and playing barbies with my mum and sister.
I believe I had the best of both growing up and both experiences have made me who I am today. Because of the opportunities I was given to explore both my girly and tom-boy sides, I now look at life from a feminist perspective.
I believe girls can do anything boys can do. We should be given equal opportunities to express ourselves. I want to encourage this in my students- that they can do anything they set their minds to. If boys want to dance and act, thats amazing. Same as if girls want to do rugby or cricket. This will help students become open minded about the stereotypes that surround gender.
I have noticed the change in the way gender is looked at now, as oppose to how it was when I was growing up. I believe this is because of the way homosexuality is viewed and accepted. If a boy is feminine it is presumed he is gay, the same as if a girl is sporty or tom-boyish. I want to create an environment where these stereotypes are broken and people are accepted for who they are.
b.)Emerging from a, write a one or two sentence personal response to the question "What does it mean to you to be male/female"?
Being female means living by the motto 'girls can do anything boys can do, sometimes even better'. I have strong female role models in my family who have shown be what it means to be strong and courageous and to hold everything together.
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