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Intervention for equality

● Diversity in society
● Conditionals
● Quantifiers
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Diversity in society
Cultural diversity
● Existence of a variety of cultural groups within a society.

Interculturality
● Presence of several distinct cultural or ethnic groups.
● Support for this presence.
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Diversity in society
Multiculturalism
● Existence and equitable interaction of diverse cultures.
● Possibility of generating shared cultural expressions through dialogue and
mutual respect.

Cultural pluralism
● Harmonious coexistence of distinct ethnic, cultural, religious and linguistic
groups within a society.
● Value of difference as an enriching element.
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Diversity in society
Forms of discrimination
● Physical, psychological or verbal violence
● Psychological harassment at work (mobbing)
● Sexual harassment, abuse or violence
● Abuse of power
● Exclusion
● Economic violence
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Diversity in society
Co-education
● Respectful in relationship
● Receptive to diversity
● Recognition of individuality regardless of the gender, the sex, the culture…
● Promotion of real equal opportunities
● Equal rights
● Free of stereotypes and discriminatory attitudes (based on sex, gender
identitiy, gender expression, sexual orientation…)
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Diversity in society
Co-education
● Free of sexist stereotypes and discriminatory attitudes:
○ Sex: androcentric stereotypes, misogyny, gender bias, male chauvinism
○ Gender identity: gender stereotypes (gender-based traditions), transphobia,
gender bias, male chauvinism
○ Gender expression: transphobia
○ Sexual orientation: homophobia, biphobia
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Diversity in society
Intercultural activities
● Workshops to show different cultures: cooking, clothing…
● Informative and formative cultural acts: talks-colloquia, seminars,
conferences…
● Artistic activities: cinema, theatre, dance, performances…
● Citizen-awareness campaigns
● Special activities for commemorative days
● Network of mutual aid or volunteerism
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Sex and gender diversity

Sex
● Biological characteristics
● Genetical (determined by genes)

Gender
● Social characteristics: convenience, appropriation and possibility in
behaviour, attitude, role, activity and participation in social spheres
● Depending on each particular sociocultural context
● Learned behaviour
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Sex and gender diversity

Man Woman

Gender Dominance Self-confidence Submission Tenderness

stereotypes Entrepreneurship Strength Motherhood Fragility
Independence Sensibility Dependency Sensitivity

Gender roles Managerial tasks Care tasks Related to home

Decision-making tasks Related to children Household chores
Related to physical strength Meal preparation
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Sex and gender diversity

Measures for equal opportunities
● Promotion of gender equality in companies.
● Use of non-sexist language.
● Prevention of sexual harassment.
● Conciliation between personal and work life.
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Conditionals

Conditionals express the consequence of something that could happen,

in the present or future, or could have happened but didn’t occur in the past.

● There are four conditional structures:

○ Zero conditional: if + present simple … present simple
○ First conditional: if + present simple … will + infinitive
○ Second conditional: if + past simple … would + infinitive
○ Third conditional: if + past perfect … would have + past participle
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Reflexive pronouns
With uncountable nouns With countable nouns With countable or uncountable nouns

much the majority of all

a bit a great number of enough
little several none, no
a great deal of many some
a little a large number of more
very little a number of most
lots of, a lot of
a large amount of few
loads of
less a few
plenty of
least very few any
a large quantity of
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Quantifiers
Some
● In positive sentences for both countable and uncountable nouns.
● In interrogative sentences when something is offered or asked and a positive
answer is expected.

Any
● In negative and interrogative sentences for both countable and uncountable
nouns.
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Quantifiers
No
● With uncountable nouns and countable nouns in plural form.
● The verb is always in affirmative form.