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CULTURES:
Gender
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Stereotypes "Girls will be girls" and "Boys will be boys" but what do those statements mean and are they true anyway? While culture or the media may push us into certain expectations, there are role models who refuse to succumb to gender stereotypes. Jesus, himself, made some remarkable stands against the prevailing accepted norms of his society. The White Ribbon Campaign (WRC) is the global campaign to ensure mentake more responsibility for reducing the level of violence against women. It believes that while some men are part of the problem, all men can be part of the solution! The Canadian site includes educational materials for use in schools and with youth groups such as an exercise that hinges on the distinction between biological sex and socially created gender and one on assertive, aggressive and passive communication The Australian site has useful fact sheets including:
Filipino women overcoming sex-laden stereotypes of their country-women Are films such as "The Secret Diary of a Call Girl" a helpful way of bringing issues into the public domain or a sinister sign that we risk legitimising "a trade that in reality is utterly brutal and misogynistic"?
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