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What activities do you associate with MEN vs WOMEN?

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What activities do you associate with MEN vs WOMEN?

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Let's create a list, like the students in the article did:
What are different activities you assign gender to?

Please go to https://www.twiddla.com/genderintheclassroom and add to at least one sticky note.

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Should these activities be gendered in such ways?

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Should these activities be gendered in such ways?

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Are these activities still dominated by one certain gender?

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I want to emphasize a main point in Tempel's article: it is important to make all students feel safe and comfortable, and some students don't feel comfortable conforming to one of the two gender binaries.

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How do gender stereotypes affect students?

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How do gender stereotypes affect students?

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Kids Believe Gender Stereotypes By Age 10, Global Study Says

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A study on gender stereotypes and gender roles in 15 countries shows that they set in globally by age 10.

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How do you create a more gender neutral classroom?

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How do you create a more gender neutral classroom?

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Separating based on interests, rather than gender.

Using terms such as "everyone" or "you all", rather than "you guys".

Using terms such as firefighters or chairperson, rather than fireman or chairman.

Like Temple said, don't beat yourself (or your students) up! The important thing is that you're trying. Instead of getting upset when gender neutrality is forgotten, make suggestions on how to neutralize in the future.

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Creating Gender Inclusive Schools Trailer

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This clip deals with a school teacher who was transferred after asking students to participate in her gender neutral classroom.

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Gender-neutral teacher transferred out of classroom

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Since not all families are as accepting of a change towards gender neutrality, it can be hard to create a community for all students to feel comfortable.

The article addresses this common controversy as well. Allie's grandma has a hard time accepting the dissolution of gender stereotypes.

How do you suggest we address more conservative families in order to help create an understanding of gender neutrality?

Think about this and discuss with someone next to you, then please head to backchannelchat.com, enter code "drbr1" and add at least one suggestion (per pair)!
Once every pair has a suggestion, one person from each pair will read their suggestion(s) to the group, so we may discuss!