Brief notes by Andrea Auer

Group E

Gender and the ideas to explore

• gender is a social construct
• gender is an umbrella, with many differing identities, to name a few:
  • transgender
  • gender fluid
  • non-binary
  • gender neutral
  • male
  • female
  • agender
• there are many more gender identities to explore
  • long history of inequality
• certain identities comes with more hardships than others that we should keep in mind and explore to further the conversation to achieve inclusion and equality
• https://teentalk.ca/learn-about/gender-identity/#:~:text=There are many different gender,identities then we've listed.
• Toxic masculinity in today's world
• feminism
  • biology is not what makes a women, when considering gender
  • before the 50s women were treated for 'hysteria'
  • birth control