Identity, pronouns and respectful disagreement
KS3 · 35 minutes · Distinguish gender, attraction and sex characteristics and practise respectful language.
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Distinguish gender, attraction and sex characteristics and practise respectful language.
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- Today: Identity, pronouns and respectful disagreement. Our goal: Distinguish gender, attraction and sex characteristics and practise respectful language.
- Take one idea at a time. Pause after each sentence; ask for repetition whenever you need it.
- Gender identity is someone’s sense of gender. Sexual orientation concerns attraction. Sex characteristics concern bodies; they are not the same thing as identity or attraction. A transgender person has a gender different from the one assigned at birth; a cisgender person has a gender that aligns with it. Non-binary describes genders not exclusively man or woman. Intersex concerns variations in sex characteristics and does not tell you a person’s gender. Bisexual means attraction to more than one gender. Asexual people experience little or no sexual attraction; aromantic people experience little or no romantic attraction. People choose their own labels, and may choose none. Use the name and pronouns someone asks for; if you make a mistake, briefly correct yourself and continue. “Queer” is a reclaimed identity for some people but hurtful to others: do not impose it. Do not debate a learner’s worth or require anyone to come out.
- Together: choose one example from the explanation and show how it works. What do you notice?
- Your turn: Sort statements into identity, attraction and sex characteristics. Practise correcting a mistaken pronoun without making a scene. Discuss the safe response “That language is hurtful; let’s use their name.” Allow everyone to pass on personal questions.
- Reflect: what made sense, and what would you like explained differently?
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