Gender Roles in Your Community

Talk in your group about each question. Then write the answer your group agrees on. There are three answers to choose from:

  1. Usually men do this.
  2. Usually women do this.
  3. Both men and women do this.

You can use a short form for each answer if you like, and write it beside the question. Sometimes the question won't make much sense for your community. When that happens, you can leave out the question, or answer "nobody."

A. At Home

  1. Who cooks most of the meals?
  2. Who looks after the yard and garden if there is one?
  3. Who cleans the bathroom?
  4. Who washes the dishes?
  5. Who does the laundry?
  6. Who looks after the car?
  7. Who stays home all day to look after the kids and the house?

B. At Work

  1. Who has a job outside the home?
  2. In a family, who has the most important job outside the home?
  3. Who does each of these jobs:
nurse's aide plumber doctor
     
clerk in a store police officer electrician
     
truck driver secretary carpenter
     
factory worker dishwasher lawyer


C: Sports

1. Who plays these sports?

hockey soccer running
     
football golf figure skating
     
wrestling basketball skiing
     
tennis canoe racing baseball

D: Teaching

  1. Who teaches boys how to speak a home language?
  2. Who teaches girls how to speak a home language?
  3. Who teaches boys how to play sports?
  4. Who teaches girls how to play sports?
  5. Who teaches boys how to dance?
  6. Who teaches girls how to dance?
  7. Who teaches boys how to cook?
  8. Who teaches girls how to cook?
  9. Who teaches boys about sex?
  10. Who teaches girls about sex?
  11. Who teaches boys about traditional ways?
  12. Who teaches girls about traditional ways?
  13. Who teaches boys good manners?
  14. Who teaches girls good manners?
  15. Who helps kids with homework?
  16. Who teaches boys how to do housework?
  17. Who teaches girls how to do housework?
  18. Who teaches boys how to hunt and fish?
  19. Who teaches girls how to hunt and fish?

E. Looking after Children

  1. Who stays home with a sick kid?
  2. Who tucks kids into bed at night?
  3. Who reads stories to kids?
  4. Who punishes kids when they have done something wrong?
  5. Who visits the school and talks to the teachers about the kids?
  6. Who does the shopping for clothes and other things kids need?
  7. Who takes a sick kid to the doctor or the hospital?
  8. Who gets kids up and dressed in the morning?
  9. Who comforts a kid who gets hurt?




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