Group Education Manual - Peace Corps Wiki

TrainingOptionsand society about how they should act as men and how they should relate towomen and to other men. As we have seen, many of these differences areconstructed by society and are not part of our nature or biological make-up.Many of these expectations are completely fine, and help us enjoy ouridentities as either a man or a woman. However, we all have the ability toidentify unhealthy messages as well as the right to keep them from limitingour full potential as human beings. As we become more aware of how somegender stereotypes can negatively impact our lives and communities, we canthink constructively about how to challenge them and promote more positivegender roles and relations in our lives and communities. Therefore, we are allfree to create our own gender boxes and how we choose to live our lives asmen and women.The following additions can be added to the session, but will require more time.• Role play to begin session:Divide the participants into three small groups and ask them to develop a short skit(one or two minutes) that portrays someone telling another person to “act like a man”or “act like a woman.”19