Understanding and Challenging Stigma toward ... - Pact Cambodia

B3
What is Sex? What is Gender?
Facilitator’s Note:
This exercise looks at gender roles and how they affect our views about gender
identity and gender expression.
Objectives:
By the end of the activity, participants will be able to:
Understand the roles that they are expected to play as males and females
and how they are always changing.
Recognize how gender roles affect choices in life, one’s health and
well-being.
Think about whether they would like to see some changes in gender roles.
Target Group:
Health care providers, the police, NGO and CBO staff, and the community
Time:
1 hour
Step:
1. Gender vs. Sex: Divide the flipchart into two equal halves. On one side
write down “males” and on the other side “females.” Ask participants to
brainstorm the differences between males and females and record their answers.
Then ask, “Which of the answers refer to biological features (sex) and which refer
to the roles that males and females have been assigned by culture (gender)?”
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