Unit 1 Men and Women’s Prejudices
Famous Quote
There can be no two opinions as to what a highbrow is. He is the man or woman of thoroughbred intelligence who rides his mind at a gallop across country in pursuit of an idea.
— Virginia Woolf
Virginia Woolf (1882-1941): A British novelist, essayist, critic, publisher and feminist. Her most famous works include the novels Mrs Dalloway (1925), To the Lighthou (1927) and Orlando (1928), and the book-length essay A Room of One’s Own (1929), with its famous dictum, “A woman must have money and a room of her own if she is to write fiction.”
Unit Overview
Do men and women really come from the different planets? If not, why have they, for centuries, vilified one another? This may all result from the prejudices against each other. After the women’s movement and men’s movement, we are now on the way to a better understanding of men and women in terms of their differences and equality. In this unit, you will find out women’s social status, differences and similarities between the two xes, and their new social roles. Students will consider the gender issue through listening, viewing and reading. A variety of activities will inspire them to talk about gender roles and gender equality using the words and expressions in this unit. And finally, they will conduct a survey on ‘Gender Consciousness in Advertiments’.
In this unit, you will
∙ consider the gender issues through listening, viewing and reading
时光里的故事∙ discuss the gender roles and gender equality through guided activities
∙ conduct a survey on ‘Gender Consciousness in Advertiments’
∙ pick up uful words and expressions
∙ learn to reflect on your own learning and comment on that of your peers
∙ learn to think independently, critically and creatively
Background Information
“A woman must have money and a room of her own if she is to write fiction”. Eighty years ago Virginia Woolf published the words in an essay that was to become one of the minal feminist texts of our age. “A Room of One’s Own” has shaped the way in which creative achievement by men and women is viewed, and provided a point of reference for generations of female writers. Woolf us the ‘room’ as a symbol for privacy, leisure time, and financial independence, all of which have been historically lacking for women. Women today are still struggling to find the mental and physical space for their creativity and advocating for equal rights with men in society.
In respon to the Women’s Movement, there aro a Men’s Movement. Three books ha
ve catalyzed the mythopoetic men’s movement: Robert Bly’s Iron John, Sam Keen’s Fire in the Belly, and Robert Moore and Douglas Gillette’s King, Warrior, Magician, Lover. All posit a stable entity called “male identity” and e initiation as a key to achieving it.
Wherever the two movements will lead, it is time we took a new look on the gender roles and female-male relations.
Global Gender Gap Index
Rank 2009 | Country 家居沙发 | Score | Rank 2008 |
1 | Iceland | 0.828 | 旅行吉他4 |
2 | Finland | 0.825 | 2 |
3 | Norway | 0.823 | 1 |
4 | Sweden | 0.814 | 3 |
5 | New Zealand | 0.788 | 5 |
6 | South Africa | 爱莲说ppt 0.770 | 22 |
7 | Denmark | 0.763 | 7 |
8 | Ireland | 0.760 | 8 |
9 | Philippines | 0.758 | 6 |
10 | Lesotho | 0.750 | 16 |
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* 0-1 scale: 0= inequality, 1= equality
Topic Preview
1. Read the passage on page X and learn the uful expressions related to women’s status.
2. Log online and arch for information concerning the women’s movement and the men’s movement.
Lesson One
Lead in
Task 1 Describing the Picture
Teaching Tips 1. This task is designed to prepare students for the topic “Men and Women’s Prejudices”. 2. Ask students to describe the picture with their peers. 3. Here are some questions for students to discuss: What are the stereotypes of men and women in China? In what way do the people in the picture differ from the stereotypes? What give ri to the change(s)? To what extent do you think it is acceptable in China nowadays? |
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Describe the picture first and then discuss how the traditional gender roles are under challenge.
Task 2 Reflecting on the Reading
Teaching Tips 1. This task is designed to check students’ understanding of the reading material. 2. Ask students to answer the following questions. |
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Read through the Supplementary Reading on page X中国传统文化的特点, and answer the following questions.
1. Why does the author hold that the statistics in the workforce mislead us to believe that women’s status has improved?
Answer: Becau women don’t share the equal weight in business and social dimensions.
2．How did women win their ats and says at workplaces in the past decades, according to the author?
Answer: They won by competing with men fiercely at the expen of their own gender identity .
3. What are the suggestions to women provided by the author to change the current situation?
Answer: 魏碑书法Women should build lf-confidence; on the other hand, they should maintain their own gender identity and diversify their definition of success.
4. According to the author, what is the esntial part in the gender equality?
Answer:猫的语言 To change attitudes, especially to cultivate respect for each other is esntial to achieve real gender equality.
