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ESL Discussion: Are women better than men at some things? Is it possible to be close friends with a member of the opposite sex?

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STUDENT A's QUESTIONS (Do not show these to Student B.)

(1)

Are you happy being the gender you are?

(2)

What would you like to do that you can't do now if you changed gender?

(3)

What do you think people study in gender studies classes?

(4)

Are men and women very different?

(5)

How are the words 'gender' and 'sex' used differently in English?

(6)

Do you think men and women have different brains?

(7)

Are there different laws in your country depending on your gender?

(8)

Can people in your country change their gender under the law?

(9)

Why do you think some people want to change their legal gender?

(10)

Why are Gods generally seen as being men?

STUDENT B's QUESTIONS (Do not show these to Student A.)

(1)

Do men and women live in different cultures?

(2)

Is it OK for boys to play with girls' toys and vice versa?

(3)

Are men or women bigger risk takers? Why do you think so

(4)

Why do you think men are more aggressive than women?

(5)

Are there differences in the ways men and women communicate?

(6)

Do you think men or women are happier?

(7)

Are their different barriers for men and women at work?

(8)

Are gender roles changing in your country?

(9)

Some feminists believe the 'man' in 'human' or the 'he' in 'she', 'them' and 'they' are sexist. What do you think?

(10)

Should jobs have '-ess' attached to the name so people know they are done by women (e.g. actress, authoress, hostess...)?

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STUDENT A's QUESTIONS (Do not show these to Student B.) (1) Are you happy being the gender you are? (2) What would you like to do that you can't do now if you changed gender? (3) What do you think people study in gender studies classes? (4) Are men and women very different?

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A Part of Conversation Questions for the ESL Classroom.

Do you see yourself as a typical man or woman? Why or why not?

In your country are the responsibilities of a mother the same as the responsibilities of a father to their families?

What are the responsibilities of a father to his family?

What are the responsibilities of a mother to her family?

Are fathers capable of carrying out the duties of a mother and vice versa?

Are there different expectations for sons and daughters?

What habits are deemed as appropriate for men but inappropriate for women?

What behaviors are deemed as appropriate for men but inappropriate for women?

What jobs are deemed as appropriate for men but inappropriate for women?

Are more doctors female or male in your country?

Are more nurses female or male in your country?

Are more professional musicians female or male in your country?

Are more teachers female or male in your country?

Are more truck drivers female or male in your country?

Are men and women equal in ability and intelligence?

What things can either men or women do that the other cannot do and why?

What type of clothing do men wear?

What type of clothing do women wear?

Can men wear women's clothing or can women wear men's clothing? Why or why not?

Can men wear pink clothes?

Is it OK for men to cry?

Is it OK for women to cry?

What do people think of men or women crying?

What would people think of a man who backs down from a fight?

What would people think of two women involved in a fist fight?

Is it OK for men to appear sad?

Is it OK for women to appear angry?

Is it OK for men to appear weak?

Is it common for women and men to take part in sporting activities? Do they take part in the same type of sporting activities?

In you home, who does the cooking, cleaning and household chores?

Is it possible for women to join the army in your country?

Is it compulsory for men and women to join the army in your country?

Do women swear a lot?

Are there more male or female managers and executives? Why do you think this is?

What jobs do men do and women not do in your country?

Who is regarded as the head of the family?

Should boys and girls be brought up differently?

Should boys and girls be treated differently on the part of the parents?

What would happen if your parents changed their place for one day?

How would the world look like without men?

How would the world look like without women?

When a woman and a man are together, who does most of the talking? What makes you think so?

Can a man and a woman be only friends?

Do men/men friendships differ from women/men or women/women friendships? How?

Who do you think has life easier, girls or guys? Why?

Do you see yourself as a typical man/woman? Why or why not?

What things can men or women do that the other cannot do and why?

In your country

What are the responsibilities of a father to his family?

What are the responsibilities of a mother to her family?

Are fathers capable of carrying out the duties of a mother and vice versa?

Who is regarded as the head of the family?

Who do the children go to for emotional support? For financial support?

Are there different expectations for sons and daughters?

Should boys and girls be brought up differently?

What habits are deemed as appropriate for women but not for men?

What behaviors are deemed as appropriate for men but inappropriate for women?

What jobs are deemed as appropriate for men but inappropriate for women?

Are more doctors female or male in your country?

Are more nurses female or male in your country?

Are more professional musicians female or male in your country?

Are more teachers female or male in your country?

Are there more male or female managers and executives? Why do you think this is?

What type of clothing do men wear?

What type of clothing do women wear?

Can men wear women's clothing or can women wear men's clothing?

Can men wear pink clothes?

Is it OK for men to cry?

Is it OK for women to cry?

Is it OK for men to appear sad?

s it OK for women to appear angry?

Is it OK for men to appear weak?

What would people think of a man who backs down from a fight?

What would people think of two women involved in a fist fight?

Is it OK for women to swear (to cuss)?

Is it common for women and men to take part in sporting activities? Do they take part in the same sports? Are there famous women athletes?

Do you think it's permissible for a woman to show her face to a stranger?
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A list of questions you can use to generate conversations in the ESL/EFL classroom.

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The latest gender dogma that demands men undergoing X-rays must fill in forms to determine whether they could be pregnant is a lunatic travesty.

The policy, which applies to all patients aged 12 to 55, whether female or not, offers absolutely no clinical benefit.

Worse, it damages public faith in doctors. It wastes valuable time and resources, and it risks alienating patients so deeply that some will opt not to have treatment.

This policy, introduced in the name of diversity and inclusion, is a symptom of the madness that grips not only our health service but all public bodies and many large corporations.

The difference is that, if a civil servant takes umbrage at being asked to declare his pronouns and storms out of a meeting, he won't be missing a consultation or clinical examination that might save his life.

You don't need a medical degree to understand that any woman of potentially fertile age needs to be asked, in a sensitive and respectful way, whether there's any chance that she might be pregnant before an X-ray or similar treatment, such as a CT scan.

Radiation from these procedures can be dangerous to foetuses.

This practice applies even to girls well below the age of consent, when the question must be put with the utmost delicacy and compassion.

But there's nothing delicate or compassionate about asking invasive questions of patients who are likely to be suffering some distress.

That's worse than humiliating.

For the vast majority of people, being asked your preferred pronouns, as the new guidelines dictate, is an absurd exercise with no place in a medical setting.

The people I see as a cancer specialist are invariably facing diagnoses and treatment that could affect their lives radically.

I have deep sympathy for the middle-aged man on a fast-track cancer pathway who was reportedly so upset at being asked whether he was pregnant that he walked out of a consultation.

As a result, he was unable to have a crucial scan.

No doubt, as well as feeling profoundly insulted, he decided that any doctor who imagined he might possess ovaries and a womb would be incapable of treating his cancer.

The Diversity, Equality and Inclusion (DEI) officers that push similar policies on the health service are on salaries that are an insult to far more qualified, able and hard-working colleagues.

I shudder to think how a dedicated nurse or junior doctor, earning perhaps £30,000 annually, feels to see DEI hires on £70,000 a year foisting such absurd diktats upon the health service. DEI is patently a self-serving scam, leaching untold millions from the NHS budget.

The people who get these posts often have little or no medical experience, but they are well versed in ticking the right boxes - and ensuring that everyone else ticks them too.

What was once mere nonsense has become far more insidious, an exercise in indoctrination.

The aim of the DEI industry is to flood the health service with these practices, so that it becomes normalised.

Already, regular patients have learned to expect they will be asked idiotic questions about sex and gender identity, not just once but on every visit.

Outright misinformation is imposed: for instance, the latest guidelines claim that up to 4.5 per cent of British people identify as trans or non-binary, when census data from the Office for National Statistics puts the actual figure at around 0.5 per cent.

One glimmer of hope is that not all hospitals have adopted this guidance, and Health Secretary Wes Streeting has hinted he shares the widespread concerns over rampant DEI.

He had better act quickly, because good medicine can't exist alongside bad medical practice.

Angus Dalgleish is emeritus professor of oncology at St George's, London

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Asking men if they are pregnant is mad, says PROFESSOR ANGUS DALGLEISH

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The latest gender dogma that demands men undergoing X-rays must fill in forms to determine whether they could be pregnant is a lunatic travesty.

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