In what ways do you see Gender Bias or Gender Privilege in…..
your family?
In my family, there is a low amount of gender bias as both my sister and I are mostly treated equally. Although there is some leniency towards me over my sister from my grandfather as he does have some older stereotypes which he was raised in.
your community?
In my community, there is little to no gender bias or privilege towards any gender as the country which I live in is far more developed than other countries and there is a much better and open community which accepts female equality and have both laws and morals put into place which helps with a decrease of gender bias.
Your World?
In our world, there is a lot of gender bias, mainly towards men, and although there have been actions that attempt to change and decrease gender bias and privilege, there is still a high amount of gender bias which is still present.
During our final activity last week, you were given a role and asked to step forward when answer questions about self-determination, education, safety, etc.
What role did you have? Where did you finish in comparison to others? Why?
I had the role of Female doctor. I ended up quite high in the chain compared to others and I think that this is because of the occupation which I had been given and I don’t think that there is any correlation to my position to the chain which is related with the gender I was assigned in the activity.
In your view, what are the drivers for social mobility in society? In what instances to do gender limit that mobility?
One of the main drivers in social mobility is the gender, this is because there has been a long chain in the past which the main leaders in control were male and some carry on this trend by trying to keep their eldest sons as the one to inherit the family fortune and name. But there have been some changes which have been improving social mobility regardless of gender.
List some personal examples of either experiencing or seeing gender bias or gender privilege.
On my older schools, there were quite a few cases of gender bias in cases where guys would revert to stereotypical jokes and would address the woman in ways that would diminish them and would also have thoughts about lower expectations for women.
What can you do within your community to combat negative gender stereotypes or gender bias?
In my community there already are a really high amount of actions which combat negative gender stereotypes. This makes it easier to support the movement against gender bias by providing support for the actions done and also raising awareness by talking about gender bias.
