Gender Roles
What are gender roles?
Expectations to follow based on someone's gender.
What is Passive Communication?
When someone does not communicate their needs.
What is Identity?
Who we are. Includes things like our race, gender, ethnicity, age, sexuality, and religion
What is Consent?
Getting permission to do something
The day Contact Plus meets
MTS: Tuesday
Venture: Thursday
Give an example of a gender expectation for women
Has to like pink, cook, clean, too emotional
What does Aggressive Communication look like?
When someone only cares about their needs and may hurt other people's feelings, yelling, not keeping hands to self.
What is something you love about your identity?
No wrong answer :)
What warm up activity did we do for consent?
Candy Exchange Game
Name of the teacher.
Ms. Leiah.
Give an example of a gender expectation for men
Has to like blue, pay bills, play sports, cant show emotions
Give an example scenario of Assertive Communication.
Ex: "I don't like when you make fun of me, please don't do it again."
Explain the identity card game we played.
Each person takes a turn spinning the wheel and answering the question it lands on.
Give an example on ASKING for consent
Ex: "May I do this..." "Is it okay if..." "Are you comfortable..."
What is the next incentive opportunity in December?
Tabling a topic of your choice at lunch to other students.
Why are gender stereotypes harmful?
They put people in boxes, Limit how someone can express themselves, People fear to be who they want, etc.
What is Passive Aggressive?
Being Passive on the inside and Aggressive on the outside, hostile, not saying how you really feel.
What is the difference between race and ethnicity?
Race includes physical characteristics while ethnicity includes concepts like our culture, family, heritage.
Explain Consent, Coercion, and Non-Consent
Consent - having permission
Coercion - manipulating or forcing someone to do something they don't want to
Non-consent - you do not have permission to do something; someone says NO
What is the structure of contact plus groups? (AKA basic agenda)
Question Box, Warm Up, Check In, Content, Check Out, Question Box
What warm up activity did we play before this lesson
Connections
Name a situation where you might have to use aggressive communication?
Ex: If your safety is at risk.
Explain how your own bias (favoring something) can lead to the discrimination (unfair judging) of other peoples identities?
If we have a bias towards or against someone, we may exclude them or treat them differently and that is not fair.
Name one of the 3 pieces of giving consent
Options, Think Clearly, and Choose for Yourself
What did contact plus offer this summer for the first time?
A paid internship.