Gender Sensitivity Training Pre-Test

Part I. True or False (Please write T if the statement is True and F if the statement is False).

1. Sex is biological. Gender is social. _________

2. Men are stronger than women. _________
3. Men/boys don’t cry. _________
4. Gender and Development is all about women empowerment. _________
5. Productive roles refer to work that contribute to the family income. ___________
6. Women must be confined to doing reproductive roles .__________
7. Gender based violence is a result of poverty and vices. __________
8. Stereotyping refers to the assignment of fixed roles and characteristics to men and
women.________
9. Media do not have the power to shape beliefs on gender. _________
10. GAD is not war of the sexes. ____________

PART 2 Matching Type (Please match items A to items B by writing the letter to the corresponding
definition after each gender concept.

A B

1. Gender Mainstreaming _____ a. Cultural beliefs, perceptions, practices, values,

2. Multiple Burden _____ roles, attitudes and structural arrangements that
3. Sexual Orientation ______ favor one sex over the other, not on the basis of
4. Gender Bias ______ individual merits but on what society recognizes
5. Marginalization ______ as having greater value.
b. Women being considered as non-
essential force in the economy despite their
crucial role in production. Their contributions to
development remain unrecognized or
undervalued.
c. is the process of assessing the implications
for women and men of any planned action,
including legislation, policies or
programmes, in any area and at all levels.
d. The condition in which women perform several
tasks and responsibilities despite their limited
time and energy.
e. Refers to each person’s capacity for profound
emotional, affectional and sexual attraction to
(and intimate and sexual relations with)
individuals of any sex.

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