YMCA Staff Workshop by Mara Brennan-Magidson https://padlet.com/mbrennan92/l9usbpoqdjkuq4ga Exploring intersectionality through race, class and gender en-us 2021-04-01 18:02:09 UTC 2021-07-08 18:52:53 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet.com/mbrennan92/l9usbpoqdjkuq4ga/wish/1642267491 What do you think of when you think of Gender? 
Multiple Choices- up to the person to identify
Complex
Social Construct:  
How has history or society impacted the way we view gender? 
The first intro to gender starts very very young. Learning gender as a social construct can be seen by analyzing history. A lot of different cultures historically have more than two genders. Looking at history gives us a good context to look at what are the differences between genders. 
Pink vs blue and the marketing campaign that has changed those associations. 
How is the way that gender is defined socially upholding the expectations around class and race? 
Life is so complicated and every possibility exists and the only way we can comprehend the complexity of life by creating boxes and categories to help us understand the world on a plane that we can process. Maybe biologically speaking, there are two sexes- how we reproduce as humans. But the reality on how we as individuals identify are as complex as an infinite amount of possibilities. Gender is between your ears and sex is between your legs.
We are currently having a cultural shift where more awareness for non-binary nature of gender is coming about. How and why is this shift making people uncomfortable? People are worried about misidentifying and are worried about offending. People who are otherwise pretty open, are resistant to thought processes that are outside of the binary way of thinking about gender.
People are only going to learn when they come into a place ready to learn. When someone tries to make a joke, just ask upfront- what do you mean by that? And let them suffer through trying to explain their ignorance.


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  • Was this history familiar to you? If not, what is the impact of not knowing?
  • How do we see these systems of racism alive in our communities today?

    • ]]>     2021-07-08 18:37:36 UTC https://padlet.com/mbrennan92/l9usbpoqdjkuq4ga/wish/1642271102     you're inundated with messages regarding gender roles from the time you're born. I've had to consciously unlearn a lot & I'm trying my best to teach my son a better way The other day on tv, someone said a color was "girlish" & my 10 yr old son yelled from the other room "colors don't have genders!". mbrennan92 https://padlet.com/mbrennan92/l9usbpoqdjkuq4ga/wish/1642275124 2021-07-08 18:42:06 UTC https://padlet.com/mbrennan92/l9usbpoqdjkuq4ga/wish/1642275124 mbrennan92 https://padlet.com/mbrennan92/l9usbpoqdjkuq4ga/wish/1642275242 Taught by family & even restrooms normally show just male & female. Quite often forms/applications only have the two options. I really hope this all changes ASAP. It's definitely not fair.]]> 2021-07-08 18:42:15 UTC https://padlet.com/mbrennan92/l9usbpoqdjkuq4ga/wish/1642275242 mbrennan92 https://padlet.com/mbrennan92/l9usbpoqdjkuq4ga/wish/1642275429 I feel like gender traditionally was male and female and then over time we are learning their is more to it and gender is more of a complex topic then it may look.]]> 2021-07-08 18:42:27 UTC https://padlet.com/mbrennan92/l9usbpoqdjkuq4ga/wish/1642275429 mbrennan92 https://padlet.com/mbrennan92/l9usbpoqdjkuq4ga/wish/1642275618 complex, not easily defined, definition might vary from person to person based on their relationship with gender]]> 2021-07-08 18:42:42 UTC https://padlet.com/mbrennan92/l9usbpoqdjkuq4ga/wish/1642275618 Have you all noticed these class culture differences before? Yes, absolutely, and unfortunately. https://padlet.com/mbrennan92/l9usbpoqdjkuq4ga/wish/1642276546 2021-07-08 18:43:52 UTC https://padlet.com/mbrennan92/l9usbpoqdjkuq4ga/wish/1642276546 Values are interchangable, there is grey area. Many times we think of class as Rich or Poor, those are the extremes. https://padlet.com/mbrennan92/l9usbpoqdjkuq4ga/wish/1642277100 2021-07-08 18:44:34 UTC https://padlet.com/mbrennan92/l9usbpoqdjkuq4ga/wish/1642277100 https://padlet.com/mbrennan92/l9usbpoqdjkuq4ga/wish/1642277995 I was interested to see how the poor/working class gained community success, whereas, the middle/owing class gained individual success. That was very humbling for me

    ]]>     2021-07-08 18:45:39 UTC https://padlet.com/mbrennan92/l9usbpoqdjkuq4ga/wish/1642277995     https://padlet.com/mbrennan92/l9usbpoqdjkuq4ga/wish/1642278468 I noticed when I read this that I got sort of defensive and wanted to make it personal, rather than looking a the broader social/culture view

    ]]>     2021-07-08 18:46:07 UTC https://padlet.com/mbrennan92/l9usbpoqdjkuq4ga/wish/1642278468     Redlining was government sanctioned. That was new information https://padlet.com/mbrennan92/l9usbpoqdjkuq4ga/wish/1642278751 2021-07-08 18:46:27 UTC https://padlet.com/mbrennan92/l9usbpoqdjkuq4ga/wish/1642278751 https://padlet.com/mbrennan92/l9usbpoqdjkuq4ga/wish/1642278770 I was aware of this, it also comes to people of color being pushed out of cities and left to live in isolation or away from opportunities that led to a different lifestyle.



    ]]>     2021-07-08 18:46:28 UTC https://padlet.com/mbrennan92/l9usbpoqdjkuq4ga/wish/1642278770     https://padlet.com/mbrennan92/l9usbpoqdjkuq4ga/wish/1642279102 We surround ourselves with people like us so we don't always identify different ways of seeing the world

    ]]>     2021-07-08 18:46:53 UTC https://padlet.com/mbrennan92/l9usbpoqdjkuq4ga/wish/1642279102     https://padlet.com/mbrennan92/l9usbpoqdjkuq4ga/wish/1642279457 Redlining has a generational impact on families and their ability to build wealth. Each generation's end point, is the new generation's starting place. When Black and POC families were denied the right to purchase homes and property in communities that gained value over time, they were also denied the ability to build equity and wealth for their families. ]]> 2021-07-08 18:47:22 UTC https://padlet.com/mbrennan92/l9usbpoqdjkuq4ga/wish/1642279457 https://padlet.com/mbrennan92/l9usbpoqdjkuq4ga/wish/1642279569 People in the working class can feel out of place among higher classes.]]> 2021-07-08 18:47:31 UTC https://padlet.com/mbrennan92/l9usbpoqdjkuq4ga/wish/1642279569 ssmyer https://padlet.com/mbrennan92/l9usbpoqdjkuq4ga/wish/1642283180 White folks often "not knowing this history" or being surprised and hidden from its impacts is also part of the intentional targeting of communities of color]]> 2021-07-08 18:52:06 UTC https://padlet.com/mbrennan92/l9usbpoqdjkuq4ga/wish/1642283180