GNED 10A: GENDER AND SOCIETY

GENDER AND
SEXUALITY AS A
SOCIAL REALITY
Gender and Sexuality as a Subject of Inquiry
 OBJECTIVES
WHAT WE'LL DISCUSS

At the end of the lesson you should be

able to:
1. define gender studies;
2. discuss its historical origins; and
3. explain its importance in the society
 Definition of Terms

Gender Social Research Ethics in

Studies Research approach research
a field of study concerned the process of investigating the orientation in these are the considerations
about how reproductive social realities understanding social in conducting research to
make sure that well-being of
roles are interpreted and realities. This can be
the participant are ensured,
negotiated in the society qualitative (interoretive),
and that the outcome of the
throughout gender quantitative (deductive) study is sound wihtout undue
harm to people involved
 Gender studies as an area of knowledge,
is about looking into, analyzing, and
examining society so that we notice
power relations in the seemingly "simple
things".
GENDER STUDIES

Gender roles or sex roles are sets of

culturally defined behaviors susch as
masculinity and femininity
(Encyclopedia of Sex and Gender, 2019)
GENDER ROLES
 GENDER STUDIES

GENDER STUDIES IS ABOUT EVERYONE.

IS NOT JUST FOR
WOMEN OR ALL
ABOUT WOMEN.
It explores how our gender roles have
changed throughout our history and how it
created inequalities.
DIVERSITY AND
INCLUSION

Gender studies lets us analyze the creation and maintenance of these gender
norms so that it does not create inequalities in our social, political, and
economic spheres.
APPROACHES IN RESEARCH
QUALITATIVE APPROACH

Qualitative approach focuses more on the meanings created and interpretations

made by people about their own personal or vicarious (observed) experiences.

phenomenology - conducting intensive interviews with individuals who have

experiences a particular event and understanding their "lived experience"

hermeneutics - understanding the meaning of texts (literary works, art works) and
what they convey about human realities

ethnography and ethnomethodology - immersing in a community and taking note of

their experiences, beliefs, attitudes, and practices
APPROACHES IN RESEARCH
QUANTITATIVE APPROACH

Quantitative approach focuses more on characterizing a population (total number of

individuals in a group) or a sample (a sub-group within the population) and in some
cases, making generalizations about the population based on the behavior of a sample.

survey - collecting information from a sample

experiment - creating actual set-ups to observe behavior of people in an experimental

group (a group receiving treatment) and comparing it to the behavior of people in a
control group (a group without any treatment)
Ethics in Gender and Sexuality Research

Informed Confidentiality Non-maleficence Distributive

Consent & anonymity and beneficence justice
 Gender, being male or female, has
socially constructed meanings, and it is
different in every culture and may
change in time.

It is important to analyze how society

SUMMARY

enforce gender roles on everyone so we

can further understand how power
relations in gender roles can limit an
individual's freedom and promote
inequality.

to help us have a holistic view, we need

to use frameworks and methods from
different disciplines.
 1. Look for at least five (5)

ASSESSMENT
articles that have gender and
sexuality as its focus area.
Identify possible topics which will
fall under gender studies.
Distinguish whether they are
quantitative, qualitative, or
mixed methods researches

2. List down five questions which

you want to be answered related
to Gender and Sexuality. Explain
why you want to answer these
questions. Identify why you think
these questions are within the
scope of gender studies.