Republic of the Philippines

ZAMBOANGA CITY STATE POLYTECHNIC

COLLEGE
Region IX, Zamboanga Peninsula
R.T. Lim Blvd., Zamboanga City

GENDER AND SOCIETY

MODULE 1
Course Code: GE Elective 3/ GS 1
Course Description: Gender and Society
Date Developed: July 2020 Date Revised:
Document No: ZCSPC-LM2020 Issued by: ZCSPC - CTE
Prepared by:
ATTY. MARIE CHRISTELLE T. RUBIO
email: [email protected] call/message: 09177167783
Mon-Fri – 10:00-11:00 A.M.
Reviewed by:

Recommending Approval: Dr. JUDITH M. MAGHANOY

Approved by: Dr. ELIZABETH JANE P. SEBASTIAN

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 VISION MISSION INSTITUTIONAL CORE VALUES
ZCSPC as the leading Provide effective and OUTCOMES Love of God,
provider of globally efficient services through Globally competitive Social Responsibility,
competitive human advance technological graduates who can Commitment/
resources. studies and researches for perform advanced Dedication to the
the empowerment of the technological competencies Service, and
nation’s human resources. in their field of Accountability
specialization.

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INTRODUCTION
Welcome to Zamboanga City State
Polytechnic College, the premier higher education
institution in Zamboanga Peninsula, one of the
Centers of Development in Teacher Education
Institutions in the country and an ISO accredited
institution as recognized by the Commission on
Higher Education. It is our pride and honor, that
you choose ZCSPC as your school of choice.

With the current situation under a NEW NORMAL condition due to COVID19
Pandemic, our school is now trying to find ways and means to provide accessible and
quality tertiary education. It is for this reason that the administration has decided to offer
flexible learning education using two modalities: Blended and Distance Learning
education. In as much as we limit that actual and physical face-to-face mode of delivery,
each college has decided to come up with printed module to cater those students who
cannot avail online learning modalities.

This module has been prepared to guide you in your learning journey with the use
of the Guided and Self-directed learning activities prescribed to finish your course. Each
module includes reading materials that have been chosen to help you understand the
ideas and concepts introduced by the module.

For this semester, your class in Gender and Society focuses on basic
understanding of gender issues and concerns in our ever-evolving society. Exercises
and assessments of learning activities are provided to test your comprehension and
apply the concepts that you have learned from this module. After accomplishing all
modules, you are expected to do the following:

 Demonstrate understanding of learning environments that promote

fairness, respect, and care to encourage learning
 Demonstrate an understanding of knowledge of learning environments that
are responsive to community contexts
 Demonstrate content knowledge and its application within and/or across
curriculum teaching areas

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  Demonstrate understanding of supportive learning environments that
nurture and inspire learner participation; and
 Demonstrate knowledge and understanding of differentiated teaching to
suit the learner’s gender, needs, strengths, interests, and experiences.

HOW TO USE THIS MODULE

This is a self-study module particularly designed to help you study with little or no
intervention from your teacher. Please follow very carefully the instructions on how to
use this module so you can fully benefit from it.

• The lessons on this module is logically organized. Every lesson is connected to

the next and necessary for a better understanding of the next topic. Hence, please
do not skip a page. Read every page of this module and do every task that is
asked of you.

• Read the Table of Contents so that you will have a good grasp of the entire
course. Having an overview of what you are about to study will help you see the
interrelationships of the concepts or knowledge that you are about to learn.

• Every lesson or unit begins with the learning objectives. The objectives are the
target skills or knowledge that you must be able to gain or perform after studying
the entire lesson/unit.

• Take the post test, activity or practice exercise given at the end of the lesson or
unit. Do this only when you have thoroughly read the entire lesson or unit. When
answering every activity, test, or exercise, please answer them honestly without
looking at the answer key. The answer key is given to you for you to check your
own progress and monitor your own understanding of the lesson. The knowledge
you will gain depends on how much effort and honesty you put into your work.

• Please pay attention to the Study Schedule on page 4. This will guide you and
make sure that you do not lag behind. Lagging behind will result to cramming and
eventually affects your understanding of the lesson.

• Know what it takes to pass the course. Please refer to the Evaluation and Grading
System on page 5 and 6 respectively.

• If you encounter difficult words which are not found in the Glossary page of this
module, take some time to locate the meaning of these words in a dictionary. You
will fully understand your lesson if you exert extra effort in understanding it. There
is no room for laziness and complacency. College students are expected to be
independent learners.

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 • If there is anything in the lesson which you need clarifications on, do not hesitate
to contact your instructor or professor at the appropriate time.

• You will be evaluated by your instructor or professor to check how much

knowledge and skills you have gained. The result of this evaluation will form a big
chunk of your grade. So please do well and do not waste time.

• Remember that you are the learner. Do not let other people do any of the tasks on
your behalf. Doing so is a form of cheating which will not benefit you but will only put
you at a disadvantage in the long run. Remember that cheating in your schoolwork is
a form of deception. You are not fooling anyone but yourself.

• Lastly, as ZCSPians you must always be guided by our core values; Love of God;
Social Responsibility; Commitment/ Dedication to the Service; and Accountability.

STUDY SCHEDULE
Week Topic Activities
Week 1 Preliminaries, Introduction,  Reflection (Write your thoughts on
Syllabus Orientation, VMG and how you, as a student, can help
Core Values Discussion realize the vision, mission, goals,
and objectives of the school.)
Week 2 • What is sex, gender and sexual  Categorization
orientation?  Drawing Implications
• How does society view gender  Comparing and Contrasting
and sexuality through time?
Week 3 • What does psychosocial mean?  Brief-Answer Essay
• What are the  Self-Assessment
psychosocial dimensions of  Reflection
gender and
sexuality?
Week 4 • Social Construction of Sexuality  Brief-Answer Essay
• Sexuality and Social Change  Drawing Connections
 Comparing
Week 5 Sexuality and Procreation  Individual Opinion Writing

Women in society are unfairly

treated.

I agree because .
I don’t agree because .
Week 6 What each one should do about  My Commitment Chart
sexual inequalities? (Write a chart identifying at least 5
inequalities and write your
corresponding commitment on how
you can eradicate or lessen it.)
Week 7 Stereotype, Prejudices and Poster/Photo Collection that show
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 Discrimination stereotyping, discrimination, and
prejudices
Week 8 The LGBT Short Essay

Week 9 Gender-Based Violence Table Matrix

Week 10 Laws Promoting Gender Equality Matrix Making on Different Laws

highlighting important provisions
Week 11 RA 9262 (Anti-Violence against Categorization / Table Matrix
Women and their Children Act)
Week 12 Laws and Policies on Violence Table Matrix on Laws Promulgated
and Discrimination of the to address violence and
Members of the LGBTQ discrimination against LGBTQ
Community
Week 13 Sexual Harassment Table Matrix

Week 14 Gender Inequality in Marriage Essay

and Criminal Laws
Week 15 RA 10354 – Responsible Table Matrix
Parenthood and Productive
Health Act of 2012 (The RH Law)
Week 16- Cross-Cutting Issues in Gender Essay (Gender Issue in the
17 and Sexuality Classroom)
Week 18 Summative Exam

Note: The activities listed on the third column are subject to change.

EVALUATION

To pass the course, you must:

 obtain a final grade of at least 75% or 3.0
 complete all tasks and requirements required under this module. Non-completion may
result to a grade of INC.
 submit this module on schedule. Non-submission may result to a failing or INC grade.

Evaluative Assessment Activities

A. Self-Check Quizzes

The quizzes contained in this module are meant to measure your own
understanding of the lesson. Answer Keys are provided for you to assess or
evaluate yourself. Do not cheat by looking at the answer keys. Remember that
your learning depends much on how honest you do your work. These self-check
quizzes or exercises will NOT form part of your grade but NOT answering or
completing them will give you an INC grade.

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 B. Essays

The essays contained in this module must be answered completely. This will be
graded and will form a small part of your grade. Remember to always practice
intellectual honesty. Do not plagiarize other people’s work. It means NOT copying
the answers of other people and NOT copying answers from the internet. Also,
please do not let others answer the questions on your behalf.

C. Summative Exams

A big chunk of your grade comes from the summative exams. These are exams
that may or may not be contained in your module and which answer keys are not
provided in the module.

GRADING SYSTEM

NO. CRITERIA PERCENTAGE (%)

1 Submission of Portfolio 20
2 Learning Outcome Validation 40
3. Summative Assessment 40
Total 100%

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TABLE OF CONTENTS
Page
Introduction 2
How to Use this Module 3
Study Schedule 4
Evaluation 5
Grading System 6
Module 1
Week 1 Lesson 1 ZCSPC VMGO 8
Week 2 Lesson 2 Sex, Gender and Sexual Orientation 13
Week 3 Lesson 3 Psychosocial Dimension of Gender and Sexuality 19
Week 4 Lesson 4 Social Construction of Sexuality 23
Rubrics for Process/Performance/Product Based Assessment 39
Key Terms 30
References 33
About Your Teacher 34

Note: Module 2 will be released upon completion and submission of this Module (Module
1)

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 Lesson 3
PSYCHOSOCIAL DIMENSIONS OF
GENDER AND SEXUALITY
INTENDED LEARNING OUTCOMES
After studying this module, you are expected to:

 Explain the meaning of “psychosocial” in the context of gender and

sexuality;
 Examine one’s level of attainment in all of the 4 psychosocial
dimensions; and
 Share with a classmate one’s opinion of the importance of knowing
one’s self.

Before we proceed to this topic, I want you to guess the meaning of the
word “psychosocial”. Examine the word carefully. If you notice, it
consists
of two root words – ‘psycho’ and ‘social’. We know that the word ‘psycho’ pertains to the
mind while the word ‘social’ refers to our society or environment. Do not look for its
meaning in the dictionary yet. Learn to unlock the meaning of a word using the clues
provided here. Take a wild wild guess. Write your guess below:

In the previous lesson, we learned that men and women have

biological differences. Women are capable of conceiving and giving birth
while men possess larger skeletal body frame. These differences are mainly the reason
why certain social standards for behavior and expectations have been created. Because
of a woman’s capability to bear a child, society expects her to rear the child, raise
him/her and manage the household affairs (reproduction role). And because a man
possesses larger skeletal body frame, he is expected to perform the productive role such
as earning for the family. But in reality, many of these things or capabilities can actually
be done by both sexes except for those involving reproduction such as bearing a child.
Taking care of children can be done both by male and female. The same applies with
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the family. This can also be done by women. Mostly, the limitations are only set by social
expectations.
This leads us to realize that the difference between men and women is not only in
terms of biological and physiological aspects. There is also a viewed difference in the
psychological and social aspects. This is now what we call the psychosocial perspective
of gender and sexuality.

In this lesson, we will explore and understand human sexuality by looking at a

person’s psychological and social processes.

What does psychosocial mean?

As mentioned earlier, the word psychosocial is made up of two root words:

‘psycho’ and ‘social’. The psychological aspects pertain to anything associated with
mental processes and behavior while social pertains to anything associated with human
relationships, connection, and interaction. So when we talk about how we think and feel,
we are referring to our psychological nature and when we talk about how we behave in
relation to others or towards other people, we are relating to the social aspect of our
lives.

What are the psychosocial dimensions of gender and sexuality?

1. Awareness of Self and Others

2. Intimacy and Relationship
3. Socialization
4. Meaning-Making

Awareness is our conscious perception about something. So, when we say

awareness of self and others, it means our conscious perception or understanding about
ourselves and about other people. How well do you know yourself? What are the things
you like and dislike? What are your strengths and weaknesses? How do you look or view
yourself? Are you happy and satisfied with who you are? Do you have doubts as to your
own awareness and understanding of your own sexuality? This is the awareness
dimension of gender and sexuality.

Another dimension is intimacy and relationship. They say that no man is an

island. We all need somebody in our lives. We are naturally a social being. We do not
only exist for ourselves, but we believe that we also exist for others. All of us long for
love and acceptance. We call this human relationship – a bond formed between two or
more people. These relationships may take many forms such as family relationships,
friendly or romantic relationships. Naturally, when we are in such relationships, we
become emotionally invested and we allow people to become close to us. This is what
we call intimacy.

Our lives do not only evolve around those people whom we have close
relationships with. We also interact with other people from all walks of life and many of
them are mere acquaintances or not acquaintances at all that we get to interact as we go
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on with our daily lives. We normally act, behave and interact with people in the society
according to how society expects us to be. Socialization is the process of learning to
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is acceptable to society. In sociology, socialization is the process of internalizing the
norms and ideologies of society which means learning the practices, cultural norms and
traditions of our society. This is the third dimension of our gender and sexuality. How
does society expect women to behave? How does society view men? What are the
expectations of society regarding its people’s relationships, attitudes, and values?

The last dimension which is equally important to the others is meaning-making or

seeking out one’s purpose in life. Do you realize the importance of having a purpose in
life? Our purpose in life is what gives life more meaning. It is what keeps us moving
every day. In fact, this is the ultimate goal why we strive to understand the psychosocial
aspects of our experiences. It is because we want to find happiness, satisfaction,
meaning and purpose in our lives. We want to achieve physical, emotional, mental,
material and social well-being. We want to be physically healthy, emotionally happy and
stable, mentally peaceful with our thoughts, materially adequate in financial and other
resources and socially acceptable to others.

DO! Activity 1. Short Essay. Please answer very briefly

the following questions. A one to two-sentence answer
would be best appreciated.

1. Explain the meaning of the term psychosocial in relation to one’s gender

and sexuality.

2. What is the importance of knowing deeply one’s self?

3. How do you think men and women differ in terms of how they see
themselves sexually? Do you think there is a difference?

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Activity 2 – Self Assessment. From a scale of 1 to 5 with 5 being the highest, examine
your level of achievement in the following psychosocial aspects of your life. Write a
short reflection relative to your rating.

Awareness of Self Intimacy and Learning & Purpose and

& Others Relationships Socialization Meaning
1. I am sure of my 1. I don’t have any 1. I feel 1. I am sure of
gender identity. difficulty comfortable what I want to
establishing showing my true be in the future.
relationship with self to others
others.
2. I am happy and 2. I am comfortable 2. I don’t have any 2. I feel useful and
contented with with forming a difficulty when important in
what and who I relationship with mingling or this life.
am. the opposite sex. talking to new
people I met.
3. I know my 3. I trust the people 3. I don’t feel left 3. I can remain
strengths and whom I call out or out of calm even if
weaknesses. friends and place when I’m sometimes
family. in a group. situations do
not
favor me.
Total Total Total Total

Reflection Reflection Reflection Reflection

Activity 3. Reflection. Write a very short essay expressing your opinion as to the
importance of knowing one’s self well. One (1) paragraph with 5 to 8 sentences would be
much appreciated.

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