Unit 4 Gender responsive and inclusive pedagogy

3.1. Gender

Gender refers to the socially and culturally constructed roles, responsibilities, behaviors, norms, expectations, and stereotypes that are believed to belong to women and men in a given society. These expectations and roles are learned and can change over time and vary within and between cultures. Some examples of gender characteristics, in most of the world, women do more housework than men. In education, more girls study social sciences than science subjects.