Ch 7 - Values Associated With Gender Sensitisation
CHAPTER NO.7 VALUES ASSOCIATED WITH
GENDER SENSITISATION
1. To behave humanly without gender discrimination
and to create a healthy society.
2. Adopt a humane, sympathetic and helpful attitude.
3. To become a responsible citizen by adopting
non-discriminatory behaviour.
Humanity is, in fact, a broad term related to the
awareness by the human beings of being human. Harmonious and humane treatment
to every human being without any discrimination of caste, religion, race, sex,
etc.is humanity, In today’s era of mechanization and materialism, it is natural
for humanity to be overlooked because mutual
competition has become the basis of the fabric of our society in such a way
that ithas included gender discrimination along with many other prejudices.
Tn human society, progressive moral values of a
prosperous life should be promoted through human behaviour, rising above the
prejudices of men and women and considering their existence as one.The activity
included in this text is also related to the ethical values of humane
behaviour.
This period will be slightly different from the
customary periods. Some situational tasks will be conducted depending on the
students. These tasks will be related to the questions given below and these
questions will be asked by the teacher prior to the tasks :
Q.1. Which of the following category do you belong
to?( Choose any one)
(A) Boy (B) Girl (C) Man
Q. 2. Tam proud to be a...........s000000 (Choose
one from the words-boy, girl, man.)
Q.3. Why am I proud of myself? (Write the answer
with reference to question no.2.)
Q.4. If had to choose one of the following, what
would I like to be? (Choose one.)
Boy Gai Elderly person Itis natural that the answers
given by each student to the teacher during the interaction will vary according
to his/her personal opinion. In his initial interaction, the teacher will
inspire the students to tise above gender difference and move towards
humanity.After this, a situation will be created by the teacher after dividing
the students into two groups.
Assuming that many of the situations created are
true, the students will give their interactions like-Suppose you all are going
from Batala to Chandigarh in a bus. All of you have reserved your seats and
paid Rs.500 and bought A.C. bus ticket.This bus has to run only once a day. As
all the seats
in this bus are already reserved, many passengers
will have to go to Chandigarh by standing. You see the following five passengers
standing in it. They are also to go to Chandigarh.
1. Agirlis going to the university to study.
2. Anmnriddle-aged woman (about 45 years old).
3. A-young boy is going to college to study.
4. Anmiddle-aged man.
5. Anewly-martied lady is standing holding a two year old child,
Both the groups presenting themselves as good human beings, will
rise above gender differences and choose to do one of the given activities with
humane and sympathetic feelings.
After argumentative interactions in
their respective group, they will give / write their answer :
1. Seat will not be left for anyone.
2. Seat will be given to the young girl.
3. Seat will be provided to the youth.
4. Seat will be given to the middle aged man.
5. Seat will be given to the newly-wedded woman
holding a child.
6. Seat will be given to the middle-aged woman.
Justify your answer in 50 words:
Activity-3: (Situation-2)
Suppose you are going alone on your bicycle to the
city twelve kilometers away from your village in the morning on a Sunday to buy
cheap and fresh vegetables and fruits from the vegetable market and sell them
at
the store. It is extremely hot. Arriving late at the
shop may reduce the sale at your shop, but on the way you will find the
following perspiting passers-by at one place
in this extremely hot weather. They being helpless,
wave their hands requesting you to give a lift to the city.
1. A young girl is going to the city to study.
2. A poor old woman is holding a heavy bag in her
hand.
3. A-young boy is going to study.
4, Amiddle-aged man.
5. Anewly-married woman,
Both the groups presenting themselves as good human
beings will do one of the following tasks and will answer after debating or
discussion in their group :
1. Noone will be seated on the bicycle.
2, The poor old woman will be seated on the bicycle.
3. The young boy will be seated on the bicycle.
4. The middle-aged man will be seated on the
bicycle.
5. The newly-macried will be seated on the bicycle.
6. The girl will be seated on the bicycle.
Justify your answer in 50 words :
Note: After acknowledging both the situational
activities, all the students will answer the given worksheet (as directed)
after debating or discussion in their respective groups.
Worksheet
Answer the following questions:
Q. 1. Inthe second activity, I did the job of giving
my seat to someone else because ... (1 or 2)?
1. Iam a good person and I understand human
suffering.
2. I preferred sitting on my seat because I wanted
myself to be comfortable.
Q.2, In the second activity, out of the people
standing in the bus, suppose that T were the newly-married woman holding the
child’, what would have I done?
Q.3. Who was the most needy among the standing
passengers in the second activity? Why do you think so?
Q.4. Inthe third activity, I would allow to make or
not allow any passer-by to sit on my bicycle due to the following reasons (1 or
2) ?
1. Being human, I understand buman suffering.
2. I would not make anyone sit on my bicycle because
I could not compensate my
shopping.
Q.5. In the third activity, suppose if out of the
passers-by ‘I were the elderly woman’ What would have I done?
Q.6. Who was the most needy passer-by in the third
activity and why do you think so?
Throughout all the activities, the concerned teacher
becomes the supervisor and through the practical interaction of all the
students, tries top rovide positive direction in order to a situation on which
a collective debate could be done which
should go beyond any gender or racial differences
and thus help in developing collective humanitarian thinking. If there is a
compulsion to choose only one person from amongst many needy people, then on
humanitarian ground, it is better to choose
the most needy person. A compassionate and responsible lifestyle with a huge humane spirit plays a great role in making a society a prosperous one. It enhances the harmony of a happy humanity.In the second of the above situations, the woman carrying a -child and in the third situation, the elderly woman passer-by are the most needy people. As human beings, it is our moral duty to help the needy with empathy. It is hoped that our talented student will develop this humanitarian thinking.
