Coaching Youth on Healthy Gender Identity
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The document discusses using sports coaching to teach healthy gender and sexuality identity in youth. It addresses how gender biases can negatively impact both girls and boys, leading them to conform to restrictive roles. As coaches spend significant time with students and can be influential role models, they are in a strong position to help youth develop self-esteem and respect for all identities. The presentation provides strategies for coaches to support students, including emphasizing inclusiveness and helping them connect to their personal strengths beyond gender norms.
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Coaching Youth on Healthy Gender Identity
- 1. Coaching Them as People: Using Sports to Teach Healthy Gender and Sexuality Identity Montclair Kimberley Academy Coaches Rosetta Eun Ryong Lee Seattle Girls’ School Rosetta Eun Ryong Lee (http://tiny.cc/rosettalee)
- 2. About Seattle Girls’ School Rosetta Eun Ryong Lee (http://tiny.cc/rosettalee)
- 3. Agenda • Sprint Learning – Gender Bias • Most Valuable Players – Opportunities as Coaches • What’s Your Coaching Philosophy? Rosetta Eun Ryong Lee (http://tiny.cc/rosettalee)
- 4. Disclaimers and Other Food for Thought Rosetta Eun Ryong Lee (http://tiny.cc/rosettalee)
- 5. Gender Differences Rosetta Eun Ryong Lee (http://tiny.cc/rosettalee)
- 6. Gender Bias Brash Intuitive Troublemaker Well-Behaved Strong Delicate Competitive Cooperative Physical Emotional Silent Verbal Clever Pretty Mistake-Prone Perfect Belligerent Nice Rosetta Eun Ryong Lee (http://tiny.cc/rosettalee)
- 7. Girls and Gender Bias Where Does it Lead? Rosetta Eun Ryong Lee (http://tiny.cc/rosettalee)
- 8. The “Good Girl” in Conflict Rosetta Eun Ryong Lee (http://tiny.cc/rosettalee)
- 9. The “Good Girl” in the Workplace and Home Rosetta Eun Ryong Lee (http://tiny.cc/rosettalee)
- 10. The “Pretty Girl” on Beauty Beauty Rosetta Eun Ryong Lee (http://tiny.cc/rosettalee)
- 11. Boys and Gender Bias Where Does it Lead? Rosetta Eun Ryong Lee (http://tiny.cc/rosettalee)
- 12. The “Tough Guy” in Conflict Rosetta Eun Ryong Lee (http://tiny.cc/rosettalee)
- 13. The “Tough Guy” in the Workplace and the Home Rosetta Eun Ryong Lee (http://tiny.cc/rosettalee)
- 14. Psychic Dissonance, Health, and Violence Rosetta Eun Ryong Lee (http://tiny.cc/rosettalee)
- 15. Gender and Sexuality Paradigm Rosetta Eun Ryong Lee (http://tiny.cc/rosettalee)
- 16. Process Break Please turn to a nearby neighbor or form small groups to discuss the following: How do you experience gender? What pressures do you feel, and what messages do you get? What happens as you conform or defy gender norms? Think about your experiences growing up, as well as now. Rosetta Eun Ryong Lee (http://tiny.cc/rosettalee)
- 17. Coaches: Most Valuable Player • Students spend more time with you than almost any other adult at the school. • Students WANT to be there, have to earn their place there, and have to work to keep their place there. • Students are with you for several years. • Students who have a healthy relationship to school sports are more physically fit, have better grades, have better self esteem, are less likely to engage in risky behavior, and more. • Students who have a healthy relationship to school sports report the experience as the most influential teacher of life skills. Rosetta Eun Ryong Lee (http://tiny.cc/rosettalee)
- 18. What Can We Do for Girls? • Help her connect to her physical power. • Teach her how to separate professional and personal. • Teach her how to express herself directly. • Help her bounce back from constructive criticism. • Help her connect to other girls as teammates and community members rather than competition or enemies. Rosetta Eun Ryong Lee Eun Ryong Lee (http://tiny.cc/rosettalee) Rosetta
- 19. What Can We Do for Boys? • Teach the difference between strong and tough. • Help him understand power separate from domination. • Talk about feelings and relationships. • Teach him respect for women. • Help him understand societal homophobia. Rosetta Eun Ryong Lee Eun Ryong Lee (http://tiny.cc/rosettalee) Rosetta
- 20. What Can We Do for All? • Help them develop strong interaction and social skills. • Help them connect to values bigger than themselves. • Create strong team culture and accountability to it. • Emphasize gender and sexuality inclusivity. • Respect and nurture their true selves. • Share your stories. • Model the way. Rosetta Eun Ryong Lee Eun Ryong Lee (http://tiny.cc/rosettalee) Rosetta
- 21. Process Break Please turn to a nearby neighbor or form small groups to discuss the following: What is part of your coaching philosophy or approach that helps youth be their best selves in and out of sports? What is one thing you can add to your coaching philosophy or approach to help even more? Rosetta Eun Ryong Lee (http://tiny.cc/rosettalee)
- 22. Undoing Gender and Sexuality Bias Rosetta Eun Ryong Lee (http://tiny.cc/rosettalee)
- 23. Questions and Comments Rosetta Eun Ryong Lee (http://tiny.cc/rosettalee)
- 24. Presenter Information Rosetta Eun Ryong Lee 6th Faculty and Professional Outreach Seattle Girls’ School 2706 S Jackson Street Seattle WA 98144 (206) 805-6562 rlee@seattlegirlsschool.org http://tiny.cc/rosettalee Rosetta Eun Ryong Lee (http://tiny.cc/rosettalee)
- 25. Resources • Joshua M. Aronson, Ph.D., “Improving Achievement & Narrowing the Gap,” Learning and the Brain Conference, Cambridge, MA, November 2003 • Allan G. Johnson, Privilege, Power, and Difference. • Miss Representation, documentary film on media and women • United Nations Population Fund Statistics on Gender Equality as of 2005 http://www.unfpa.org/swp/2005/presskit/factsheets/facts _gender.htm • Learning to be critically literate of mass media http://www.medialit.org/ • Media Guide for Parents and Educators http://www.commonsensemedia.org/ Rosetta Eun Ryong Lee (http://tiny.cc/rosettalee)
- 26. Gender Specific Resources • Jennifer Bryan, various trainings and publications on gender and sexuality diversity, From the Dress Up Corner to the Senior Prom • JoAnn Deak, Ph.D., Girls Will Be Girls: Raising Confident and Courageous Daughters, How Girls Thrive • Jackson Katz, Tough Guise, Wrestling with Manhood, The Macho Paradox • John Medina, Talaris Research Institute, various studies on early gender differences in competition and play • Mary Pipher, Ph.D., Reviving Ophelia: Saving the Selves of Adolescent Girls • Rachel Simmons, Odd Girl Out, Odd Girl Speaks Out, Curse of the Good Girl • Michael Thompson, Raising Cain, Speaking of Boys, It’s a Boy! Rosetta Eun Ryong Lee (http://tiny.cc/rosettalee)