gENDER nUETRAL

2. Overview
• There are many reasons you might find it
necessary to avoid using gendered pronouns.
• It will need to use gender-neutral terms when
referring to a group of people or to a person
belonging to a particular profession.

3. Overview
• Always think about the audience and the
purpose before deciding, whether to use
gendered or gender-neutral terms.
• Thinking about what is best will help in
choosing the appropriate terms to ensure a
concise, clear, and pleasing to the audience.

4. Objectives
• 1. Enlighten the difference between sex and
gender;
• 2. Encourage the participants to develop a
vision of a gender-fair society;
• 3. Create a more healthy relations in the
workplace.

5. Difference Between Sex and
Gender
Sex
in which divided on the basis of reproductive
functions.
The state of being male or female.

6. Difference Between Sex and
Gender
Gender
in reference to social and cultural differences
rather than biological.
denote a range of identities in which do not
correspond to established ideas of male and
female.

7. •Things being used by a male and female.
•Places where a female and male.
•Food that a female and male eats.
•Activities that female and male do.
•Body parts of female and male.
Gender Diversification

8. • Understand how the mechanisms of social
control and socialization institutions like
family, church, school, government, media,
work, and community.
• Realize that gender is a social construct.
Gender Diversification

9. Gender Neutral
Sex Gender
A natural distinguising. Refers to socially Differentiated
roles, characteristics and
expectations attributed by
culture to women and men.
Variable based on biological. Social construct.
Characteristics of a man or a
woman.
Social behavior of women and
men and relationships between
them.
Body contour and features
Reproductive organs and
genitals.

10. Gender Neutral
• Among Families.
• Sharing of responsibilities in the home.
• Non-sexist child rearing.
• Institutional support and facilities.
• Measures and programs to address violence
against women and children.
• A culture that empowers women.

11. Instill
communication
which easiest to
understand.
Men and/or
women to
preside a
meeting.
Gender Neutral

13. Gender-neutral or gender-inclusive that
avoids bias towards a particular sex or social
gender.
It includes use of nouns that are not gender-
specific to refer to roles or professions, as
well as avoidance of the
pronouns he, him and his.

14. Gender-neutral terms e.g. police
officer, flight attendant, chairperson and all
other gender neutral relevance, e.g.
hairstyle, location (institutions,amusement)
home designs.

15. Thank You