Definitions
Widely held assumptions of a person, based on their gender, that aren't necessarily true.
What is gender stereotypes?
True or False: GBV can happen in friendships, dating relationships, families, schools, workplaces, sports teams, and online spaces.
What is true?
Taking accountability means admitting when you’ve made a mistake, listening to how your actions affected others, and making an effort to change your behaviour.
True — Accountability involves taking responsibility, repairing harm when possible, and working to do better.
A person who supports others who are being treated unfairly is called this.
What is an ally?
Someone who witnesses an event/incident take place but does not participate.
What is a bystander?
This term describes violence or harm directed at someone because of their gender, gender identity, gender expression, or perceived gender.
What is gender-based violence (GBV)?
This kind of GBV happens when a person physically harms someone to show power or control.
What is physical abuse?
Taking responsibility for your actions means doing this instead of making excuses or blaming someone else.
What is acknowledging the impact of your actions?
True or False: Allies always have to be loud to make a difference.
What is False?
You hear a homophobic slur being used toward someone. Rather than laughing or staying silent, you interrupt, check on the person targeted, and make it clear that the comment isn't acceptable.
What is bystander intervention?
The belief or attitude that one gender is superior to another and deserves more power, respect, or opportunities.
What is sexism?
Unwanted sexual comments, touching, messages, or behaviour that makes someone feel uncomfortable, threatened, or unsafe.
What is sexual harassment?
Your friend tells you that your behaviour crossed a boundary. Instead of arguing or blaming them, you ask this question to better understand what happened and how you can do better.
What is "What can I do differently moving forward?"
Someone tells you they experienced harassment. Instead of immediately giving advice or trying to fix the situation, you do this.
What is listening and believing/supporting them?
These 5 words beginning with d, indicate the different forms of bystander intervention
What is direct, distract, delay, delegate and document?
A pattern of behaviour used to control, intimidate, isolate, or manipulate another person in a relationship.
What is emotional or psychological abuse?
Someone repeatedly checks their partner's location, demands access to their phone, and gets angry when they don't respond immediately.
What is technology-facilitated abuse or digital abuse?
You make a hurtful joke about someone, realize it wasn't okay, and apologize. True accountability also means doing this next.
What is changing your behaviour so you don't repeat the harm?
Someone tells you they experienced harassment. Instead of immediately giving advice or trying to fix the situation, you do this.
What is listening and believing/supporting them?
You notice your teammate being repeatedly teased about their gender in the locker room. You don't say anything in the moment but check in with them afterward.
What is Delay?
When different forms of inequality—such as sexism, racism, homophobia, ableism, or classism—overlap and can shape someone's experience of violence or discrimination.
What is intersectionality?
Repeatedly insulting, humiliating, threatening, or manipulating someone to control how they feel or behave is an example of this.
What is emotional or psychological abuse?
After being called out for disrespectful behaviour, you listen without becoming defensive, acknowledge what you did, and take this step to make things right.
What is repairing the harm?
Your friend makes a sexist comment and says, "Relax, it was just a joke." An ally could respond with this.
What is "That joke reinforces stereotypes and can hurt people—even if you didn't mean it that way"?
You don't feel safe confronting someone who is behaving aggressively, so you ask a coach, teacher, security staff, or trusted adult for help.
What is Delegate?