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Which is more of a political statement - having gender specific bathrooms or gender neutral bathrooms? Come up with arguments for both.

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Which is more of a political statement - having gender specific bathrooms or gender neutral bathrooms? Come up with arguments for both.

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What are the positives and negatives of politicisation?   Are there any areas of society that should not be politicised?

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What are the positives and negatives of politicisation?   Are there any areas of society that should not be politicised?

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There has been great concern that in recent years people ignore facts and dismiss evidence when it contradicts their beliefs. 

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There has been great concern that in recent years people ignore facts and dismiss evidence when it contradicts their beliefs. 

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There has been great concern that in recent years people ignore facts and dismiss evidence when it contradicts their beliefs.   Can you think of examples of other examples of this? Add your responses and discussion points to the questions below....

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What damage does confirmation bias cause in the creation of knowledge? How does this impact our ability to truly listen and learn?

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What damage does confirmation bias cause in the creation of knowledge? How does this impact our ability to truly listen and learn?

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Gender-neutral bathrooms: This shows that the establishment accepts people who are gender-neutral, this means that they are open-minded and accept anyone and everyone.

Gender-specific bathrooms: This means that certain establishments do not accept people who are gender-neutral and they are usually old-fashioned.

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Pros: more inclusive, it can help societal problems

cons: It gets more argumentative, can have negative light

Areas that should not be politicised: maths and sciences, because they are derived from facts and evidence and they are more logic based.

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Religion and faith: Some believe concepts of religion despite facts and evidence and some people believe the religious text without being able to prove it.

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With the recent Palestinian/Israel conflicts, people often pay attention to news outlets that paint the side they previously had prejudice towards as malicious, so they can validify their preconceptions.

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Both of these political statements effectively declare their intentions to assort people in bathrooms differently based on gender. If we disregarded our current norms and regulations around gender, both options would equally influence various opinions, beliefs and policies related to gender segregation. Since that is not the case, gender neutral bathrooms would have a higher perceived significance (going both ways).

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When new knowledge is created evidence used to support that knowledge may be filtered by confirmation bias, which may cause that knowledge to not be true.

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Pros: Engaging politically can foster a deeper understanding of one's rights and responsibilities within a society. It can also broaden one’s perspective, develop critical thinking skills, and encourage empathy and understanding toward others with differing viewpoints.

Cons: Simply polarization and division, as well as misinformation, bias, and potential for exploitation

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Confirmation bias causes selective attention towards certain information. This prevents our perspective to grow, and therefore further impairs our ability to truly listen and learn things we choose not to accept.