Biased terms Why is it offensive?

Biased free alternative

Man midwives It is offensive because it accoucheurs
implies gender barrier. With
the term 'wife' in the job
title, it can also lead to the
misconception that the role
is a gendered one.
Rural health care workers Is considered as Biased, Health physicians
Harassment, and
Discrimination.
Part time workers Part-time work is one of the employee
traditional forms of non-
standard employment. 
In some instances, working
arrangements may involve
very short hours or no
predictable fixed hours, and
the employer has no
obligation to provide a set
number of hours of work.
Feminine nurse being called a nurse is nurse
insulting to female
physicians and medical
students. It is considered as
sexism.
Woman-centered Considered as sexist and a midwives
stereotype.

Non-academic usage Academic usage

They requested for additional equipment
before the demo on wednesday for all
midwifery students.
The patient needs to chill before the delivery
The patient was crying her heart out before
her labor
The patient promised to submit the
document asap.
They requested for additional equipment
before the demonstration on Wednesday for
all midwifery students.
The patient was advised to relax before the
delivery
The patient was sobbing before the labor.
The patient promised to submit the
documents as soon as possible.
Learning task

Discuss the following

1. Describe some of the more traditional gender roles in the Philippines? How are
woman and man supposed to behave in the context of courtship, households duties,
work and earning money, child-bearing and other ideas you can think of?

- Following the Spanish colonization, Filipinos are expected to play a specific

role in their lives from the moment they are born. Filipino men are raised to
emulate their fathers and other older men in their life, whereas Filipino
women are raised to emulate their mothers and other older women
("Gender Roles Within the Philippines"). However, in modern Philippine
society, adjustments and constitutions are being made and have been made
to put a positive spin on women's gender roles, such as offering women the
right to participate in nation-building and providing safe working conditions
that take into account maternal function.
The traditional roles of Filipino women in family and labor life are to work in
gardens, care for the house, and care for the children because they are
essentially the family's code of behavior ("Philippine Culture"). Filipino males,
on the other hand, are in charge of land cultivation and are classified as
having more dominant responsibilities in society ("Gender Roles Within the
Philippines"). In general, men in the Philippines are perceived as having a
higher status than women in terms of gender roles. Men are supposed to
have greater freedom and provide for their families, whilst women are
expected to stay at home and accomplish household chores as well as look
after the elderly and children.
Arranged marriages are not part of the Filipino culture when it comes to
gender roles in marriage. In the Philippines, the average age for marriage is
twenty-two. Married couples are expected to be well-established in their
careers as well as care for their families and siblings' schooling.

Every country in the world, I believe, aspires for gender equality. While
today's gender roles may not be as equitable, there are still modifications and
improvements that may be made to achieve a better balance. Women's
dignity in various societies should be held to a higher level, and gender
equality should be improved.
2. Paragraph 3 discusses the equivalent expression for males- kalalaki mong tao, how
is this different from the female equivalent, which is the central topic of the essay?
What does this imply about the gender roles and stereotypes in the Philippines?

- Philippine society has a patriarchal gender philosophy. Women are required

to act in accordance with family and domesticity ideology, sex role
socialization, and the sexual division of work ideology. Women are oppressed
because they are constrained by societal expectations and preconceived
images of women, who are defined as the polar opposite of males. Women's
anti-oppression movements emerge, and they undertake many attempts to
change their social situation. Equal rights and fairness are demanded by
feminists. They are attempting to define and re-define women by
constructing various representations of them. However, rather than
providing women their own identity, these have produced misunderstanding
about who women truly are. They have been increasingly ostracized.