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Act like a person <strong>Community</strong> participatory tools Did you know that crying is good for your health whether you are a man or woman? Did you know that being strong, self-controlled and not showing emotions can kill you? Did you know that the people most at risk are men? Exercise 2.4.11 Objective 1. To translate the terms “Act like a man”, “Act like a woman”? into the local languages Time: 15mins Question 1. How would you say “Act like a man”, “Act like a woman”? in your language? Instruction to the Facilitator 1. Group participants into the various language groups. Ask each group to translate the terms “Act like a man” or “Act like a woman”? 2. Let them write their responses on a flip chart and display. 3. Discuss using Box 2.4.15 as guide. Box 2.4.15: Some Ghanaian language renditions of “Act like a man”, “Act like a woman” Akan “Ye woadi tisee ôbârima” anaa “ye woadi tisee ôbaa” Ga “Feemo oni tamo nuu” aloo “Feemo oni tamo yoo” Kasem “Ke m titi ne baaro te” na “Ke m iti ne kaane te”. Ewe “Wo wofe nu abe nutsu ene” aloo “Wo wofe nu abe nyonu ene” Did you know that more men than women get heart attacks, suffer strokes and die? Why are there more widows than widowers? It is because culture defines our values and society imposes certain obligations on men that affect their health! Culture expects the woman to behave like a woman and the man to behave like a man. It is as if culture has placed a man in one box and the woman in another. What exactly does it mean to behave like a man or to behave like a woman? You do not have to behave like a man or a woman – just behave like a person. The following exercises (Exercise 2.4.12 and Box 2.4.16) will show how this can be done. 141
Module 2 <strong>Community</strong> Mobilisation and Tools 142 Exercise 2.4.12 Objective 1. To discuss how gender rules affect the lives of men and women Time: 20mins Questions 1. Have you ever been told to “act like a man” or “act like a woman”? 2. Why do you think they said this? 3. How did it make you feel? 4. How can these gender rules be changed in order to improve the lives of women and men? Box 2.4.16: Society’s expectations of Men and Women The messages that men get about “acting like a Man” include: • Be tough • A man does not cry • Be the breadwinner • Stay in control and do not back down • Have sex when you want it • Get sexual pleasure from women • Have sex when you want it • Get sexual pleasure from women • Men must discipline their wives • A man place is not the kitchen Difference between Sex and Gender Instruction to the Facilitator 1. Print “Act like a Man” and “Act like a Woman” separate sheets of newsprint and post them 2. Ask participants what men and women are told in their community about acting like a man or acting like a woman 3. Write these messages up on the appropriate sheet 4. Compare to key points in Box 2.4.16 to see the kinds of messages that are often listed 5. Feed these into the discussion if they have not been mentioned 6. When the group has no more to add to the list, begin a discussion about gender rules by asking the questions in Box 2.4.17 and compare responses. 7. Discuss with participants the consequences of living outside the box. The messages that men get about “acting like a Man” include: • Be passive and quiet • Be the caretaker and homemaker • Act sexy, but not too sexy • Be smart, but not too smart • Follow men’s lead • Keep your man – provide him with sexual pleasure • Don’t complain People use the words “sex” and “gender” to talk about the differences between women and men. But these two words mean different things. Sex - is the biological (body) differences between males and females, in terms of their bodies (such as the male penis and the female vagina) and the different roles that males and females play in reproduction (giving birth to babies). We are born with our sex.
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