Singapore American School Gender and Sexuality Diversity
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Gone are days when boys are made of "snips and snails and puppy dog tails" and girls are made of "sugar and spice and everything nice"... or are they? Children are barraged with messages about gender and heterosexual norms everywhere they go - their homes, their schools, the media, and more. Do you know what hidden lessons they are learning? How do gender and sexuality affect everything from boys struggling in school to girls dropping out of the STEM pipeline, from sexual harassment to anti-gay bullying, from eating disorders to plastic surgery? How do parents, guardians, teachers, and schools provide safe environments for positive self esteem, healthy identity development, and acceptance of differences?
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- 1. Singapore American School Rosetta Eun Ryong Lee Seattle Girls’ School What Boys and Girls Are Made Of: Gender and Sexuality Diversity Rosetta Eun Ryong Lee (http://tiny.cc/rosettalee)
- 2. About Seattle Girls’ School Rosetta Eun Ryong Lee (http://tiny.cc/rosettalee)
- 3. Agenda • Gender Differences • Gender Bias • Impacts of the Gender Binary • When the Binary Doesn’t Work • Rethinking Gender and Sexuality • What Can We Do? • Discussions • Resources 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. Brash Troublemaker Strong Competitive Physical Silent Clever Mistake-Prone Belligerent Intuitive Well-Behaved Delicate Cooperative Emotional Verbal Pretty Perfect Nice Gender Bias Rosetta Eun Ryong Lee (http://tiny.cc/rosettalee)
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- 8. Rosetta Eun Ryong Lee (http://tiny.cc/rosettalee)
- 9. Girls and Gender Bias Where Does it Lead? Rosetta Eun Ryong Lee (http://tiny.cc/rosettalee)
- 10. Central Messages for Girls Sexy --- Slutty Powerful --- Bitchy Smart --- Bookish Cheerful --- Uncool Confident --- “All That” Athletic --- Jocky Close to Friends --- Lesbian Rosetta Eun Ryong Lee (http://tiny.cc/rosettalee)
- 11. The “Good Girl” in Conflict Rosetta Eun Ryong Lee (http://tiny.cc/rosettalee)
- 12. The “Good Girl” in the Workplace and Home Rosetta Eun Ryong Lee (http://tiny.cc/rosettalee)
- 13. Beauty Rosetta Eun Ryong Lee (http://tiny.cc/rosettalee) The “Good Girl” on Beauty
- 14. Boys and Gender Bias Where Does it Lead? Rosetta Eun Ryong Lee (http://tiny.cc/rosettalee)
- 15. Central Message for Boys Do Not Be Weak. Rosetta Eun Ryong Lee (http://tiny.cc/rosettalee) Be so, and you will be likened to a girl or you will be called gay.
- 16. The “Tough Guy” in Conflict Rosetta Eun Ryong Lee (http://tiny.cc/rosettalee)
- 17. The “Tough Guy” in the Workplace and the Home Rosetta Eun Ryong Lee (http://tiny.cc/rosettalee)
- 18. Psychic Dissonance, Health, and Violence Rosetta Eun Ryong Lee (http://tiny.cc/rosettalee)
- 19. Process Break What is new, interesting, thought provoking? How have you seen gender showing up for your children ? What are the specific questions or concerns that come up for how to support children? Rosetta Eun Ryong Lee (http://tiny.cc/rosettalee)
- 20. Rosetta Eun Ryong Lee (http://tiny.cc/rosettalee) When the Binary Doesn’t Work
- 21. Rosetta Eun Ryong Lee (http://tiny.cc/rosettalee)
- 22. What Many of Us Were Taught Rosetta Eun Ryong Lee (http://tiny.cc/rosettalee) Born with Male Parts Calls Himself a Man Displays Masculinity Is Attracted to Women Man Woman Born with Female Parts Calls Herself a Woman Displays Femininity Is Attracted to Men Boys Will Be Boys A Man’s Man Snips and Snails and Puppy Dog Tails Macho Men Girls Will Be Girls Woman’s Domain Sugar and Spice and Everything Nice The Feminine Mystique Men Are From Mars, Women Are From Venus
- 23. Gender and Sexuality Paradigm Rosetta Eun Ryong Lee (http://tiny.cc/rosettalee)
- 24. What Can We Do? Rosetta Eun Ryong Lee (http://tiny.cc/rosettalee)
- 25. What Can We Do for Girls? Rosetta Eun Ryong Lee • Teach the difference between self-sacrificing and good. • Talk about or compliment something besides her looks. • Value the quality of her relationships, not the quantity. • Give her access to diverse women mentors. • Role-Play difficult conversations with her. Rosetta Eun Ryong Lee (http://tiny.cc/rosettalee)
- 26. What Can We Do for Boys? Rosetta Eun Ryong Lee • Teach the difference between strong and tough. • Talk about feelings and relationships. • Make it okay to be vulnerable. • Give him access to diverse male mentors. • Help them understand societal homophobia. Rosetta Eun Ryong Lee (http://tiny.cc/rosettalee)
- 27. What Can We Do for Gender Diverse Kids? Rosetta Eun Ryong Lee • Minimize gendered language. • Interrupt gender exclusive behavior. • Make gender insignificant in grouping. • Mix up gender stereotyped activities. • Believe what they tell you. • Normalize their experience. Rosetta Eun Ryong Lee (http://tiny.cc/rosettalee)
- 28. What Can We Do for All? Rosetta Eun Ryong Lee • Help them develop strong interaction and social skills. • Show them diverse role models of all GSD identities. • Teach about gender and sexuality diversity. • Respect and nurture their true selves. • Teach “norm”, “normal”, and “good”. • Share your stories. • Model the way. Rosetta Eun Ryong Lee (http://tiny.cc/rosettalee)
- 29. Rosetta Eun Ryong LeeRosetta Eun Ryong Lee (http://sites.google.com/site/sgsprofessionaloutreach/) Teach Media Literacy • Choose media FOR intentionally for the classroom. • Engage in media WITH youth. • Help youth understand the hidden messages of media. • Help youth think about how they want to internalize or reject these messages.
- 30. Undoing Gender and Sexuality Bias Rosetta Eun Ryong Lee (http://tiny.cc/rosettalee)
- 31. 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)
- 32. 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)
- 33. Gender Resources • 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)
- 34. Gender and Sexuality Diversity Resources • Jennifer Bryan • Gender Odyssey • Gender Spectrum • GLSEN • Northwest Network • Put This On the Map • Safe Schools Coalition • Social Justice Handbook Guide to Gender Rosetta Eun Ryong Lee (http://tiny.cc/rosettalee)