Role of teacher in handling notion of gender and sexuality
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Sex: Categories (male, female) to which people are typically assigned at birth based on physical characteristics (e.g. genitals). Some people may be assigned intersex, when their reproductive, sexual or genetic biology doesn’t fit the traditional definitions of male or female.
Sexual Orientation: A person’s emotional and sexual attraction to others. It can change and may or may not be the same as a person’s sexual behaviour.
Gender/Gender Identity: A person’s internal sense of identity as female, male, both or neither, regardless of their sex.
Gender Expression: How a person expresses their gender. This can include how they look, the name they choose, the pronoun they use (e.g., he, she, zie, zim) and their social behaviour.
Cisgender: A person whose sense of identity and gender matches their sex assigned at birth.
Sexuality is an important and central part of every human being. Heterosexual and cisgender identities are often considered ‘normal’ and the only identities valued in our society. Many people use words that assume everyone is heterosexual and cisgender (heteronormative language). An example of this would be using ‘boyfriend’ or ‘girlfriend’ instead of ‘partner’ without realizing it excludes sexual and gender minorities. You can’t assume someone’s sexual orientation or gender identity by looking at them.
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