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Figuring Out Your Role

Gender Stereotypes

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YouTube: Gender Roles and Stereotypes

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What influences or shapes our ideas about gender?

  • TV shows
  • media
  • Culture
  • Family
  • friends
  • school
  • curriculum
  • Careers advice
  • movies

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Male or Female?

Pat is active, independent, competitive, and aggressive.

Is Pat male or female?

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Male or Female?

Most people assume Pat is male. Why?

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Gender and Adolescence

Conformity to gender-typed behaviors increases early in adolescence.

Gender segregation becomes less pronounced. Teens tend to associate and mix more with other genders.

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Gender and Sexuality

These gender expectations can put pressure on young people in relationships.

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  • Some boys may think they have to be the dominant one, make the decisions and the first move, be sexually active and have many sexual experiences.
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Gender and Sexuality

These gender beliefs can lead to teens engaging in sexual activity when they don't want to or taking risks by having many sexual partners and unsafe sex.

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  • The level of intimacy or sexual activity you engage in should be your choice.
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Gender and Sexuality

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  • Instead they practice abstinence, as it is the most appropriate way to avoid diseases, unwanted pregnancy, disappointment from family and an undesirable reputation.

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Gender and Sexuality

It is your right to decide what is best for you and about how your decision might affect others.

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