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GENDER AND
SEXUALITY AS A
SUBJECT OF INQUIRY
Understanding Sexuality in Various Approaches

Subject : GENDER & SOCIETY Schedule: TTH

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GENDER AND SOCIETY 02
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HERE ARE OUR

OBJECTIVES!
Define Gender Studies
Discuss its historical origins
Explain its importance in society

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GENDER AND SOCIETY 03
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DEFINITION OF TERMS
Gender Studies - a field of study concerned Social Research - the process of investigating
about how reproductive roles are interpreted and social realities.
negotiated in society through gender.

Ethics in Research - these are considerations in

Research Approach - the orientation in conducting research to make sure that the well-being
understanding social realities. This can be of the participants are ensured, and that the outcome
qualitative (interpretive), quantitative (deductive), of the study is sound without undue harm to people
or both. involved.
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GENDER AND SOCIETY 04
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GENDER/SEX ROLE
“Sets of culturally defined behaviors such as masculinity and femininity” - Encyclopedia of
Sex and Gender (2019).

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GENDER AND SOCIETY 5
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CONTEMPLATE
ON THE FF:
Boys should not cry
Girls are bad drivers while boys are superb drivers
Boy should not be allowed to play with dolls
Women should be prim and proper while its okay for men to
be wild and rowdy since they are men.
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GENDER AND SOCIETY 5
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GENDER STUDIES IS FOR

EVERYONE!
This gives us an understanding of how our gender roles have changed throughout our
history and how it created inequalities.
It promotes Diversity and Inclusion
It lets us analyze the creation and maintenance of these gender norms so that it does
create inequalities in our social, political, and economic spheres.

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GENDER AND SOCIETY 07
SEMESTER

APPROACHES IN RESEARCH
(QUALITATIVE)
Phenomenology - conducting intensive Hermeneutics - understanding the meaning of
interviews with individuals who have experienced the texts about what they convey about human
a particular event and understanding their “lived realities.
experience”

Ethnography/Ethnomethodology - immersing in a
community and taking note of their experiences,
belieffs, attitudes and practices.
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GENDER AND SOCIETY 07
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APPROACHES IN RESEARCH
(QUANTITATIVE)
Experiment - creating actual Surveys - collecting information from
setups to observe behavior of a sample.
people in an experimental group
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GENDER AND SOCIETY 8
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ETHICS IN
RESEARCH
Informed Consent
Confidentiality and Anonimity
Non-maleficence and Beneficence
Distributive Justice

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