Gender and Society Why is Gender Culture Important?
The behavioral patterns of people, their belief
Components of Gender Culture:
systems, their principles of life and their living
1. Customs – are long established are derivates of culture.
practices considered as unwritten laws
Why is culture important?
to a particular place.
- Culture is that invisible bond, which ties the
-Stress a bundle of traditions handed
people of a community together
down from generation to generation.
-Inherited from the past and has -It refers to the pattern of human activity
sufficient weight and force to
Importance of Culture:
determine the groups behavior.
2. Beliefs – are shared ideas of people 1. Culture manifests itself through the
about how the world operates. lifestyle of the individuals of a community.
- A summaries and interpretations of the
past, explanations of the present or 2. The moral values of the people of a
prediction of the future. community also represent their culture.
3. Values- are people ideas about what is 3. The importance of culture lies in its close
good or bad, right or wrong. - It helps association with the living of the people.
people understand the world and their 4. Culture is related to the development of
place. - It set the general tone for cultural one's attitude.
and social life.
Gender Socialization - is the process by which
4. Norms- are rules about what people individuals are taught how to socially behave in
should or should not do, say or think in a accordance with their assigned gender, which is
given situation. assigned at birth based on their biological sex.
5. Folkways- are the ordinary usages and Socialization - s the process of transferring
conventions of everyday life. norms, values, beliefs, and behaviors to group
6. Mores- are strong norms that are members. Preparations for gender socialization
regarded as morally significant, and begin even before the birth of the child.
violations of them are considered a serious Gender Role Socialization- is the process of
matter. learning socially acceptable expectations and
7. Language- is a shared set of spoken and attitudes that are identified with one's sex.
often written symbols and rules for Males behave differently from females due to
combining those symbols in meaningful the different social roles they learned
ways. throughout their development. A child is first
influenced to gender roles from the family.
8. Cultural Transmission- is the process by
which culture is passed from one What are the four types of Gender
generation to the next. Socialization?
9. Symbols- is something that can express Four major agents of socialization:
or evoke meaning. 1. Family- a group of one or more parents and
their children living together as a unit.
- Family helps us get through the most publishing, and the internet.
disastrous times and the best times. What is the role of mass media in gender
- Family is important because they can offer identity?
support and security coupled with - Media play an important role in how people
unconditional love; form their identities, social norms and values in
- they will always look to see and bring out the relation to gender.
best in you even if you cannot see it for
How does mass media contribute to gender
yourself.
socialization?
Gender Socialization within the family setting is - it allows individuals with ideas and images of
very important: what men and women are supposed to be.
1. It internalizes the gender rules and Gender Fair and Language
ideologies,
Gender-fair language (GFL)- aims at reducing
2. Assimilating gender content from the two gender stereotyping and discrimination. Two
significant figures: Mom and Dad. principal strategies to make languages gender-
fair:
3. Education- means that boys and girls will
have equal opportunities to realize their full 1. Neutralization- is achieved, for
human rights and contribute to and benefit example, by replacing male-
from economic, social, cultural, and political masculine forms (policeman) with
development. gender - unmarked forms (police
officer).
Role of Education in Gender Equality:
2. Feminization- relies on the use of
- increase in the knowledge about sex
feminine forms to make female
differences and gender issues is crucial.
referents visible
How to improve Gender Equality in Education?
How does language affect gender equality?
- by encouraging all students to participate in
extracurricular activities regardless of gender, 1. We find that speaking a genderless language
creating a gender-inclusive curriculum, and increases support for gender equality.
making behavioral changes.
2. This language effect arises only in domains
3. Peer Groups- consist of all males, all females, that evoke gender distinctions.
or both males and females. Peer groups can “Language and Gender” - refers to the
have great influence on each other’s gender relationship between the language of male and
role behavior depending on the amount of female.
pressure applied.
What is the importance of language and
What is the purpose of peer groups? gender?
Peer relationships provide a unique context in
which children learn a range of critical social 1. Play a significant role on the way people
emotional skills, such as empathy, cooperation, reflect and position themselves in society.
and problem-solving strategies. 2. Indicate significantly the way we qualify
4. Mass Media- the main means of ourselves on power and authority or it
communication, such as broadcasting, disqualifies us in such terms.
