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Brief description of the issue
The gendered job market segregation in the Gaspésie-Îles-de-la-Madeleine area is strongly rooted in gender stereotypes. Amongst the 15 main jobs performed by men of the area in 2015, nine had a proportion of men higher than 80%. On the women’s side, we see the same trend: 10 jobs out of 15 had a proportion of women higher than 80%. Early enough, when we ask children what they want to do when they grow up, the answers are already very influenced by gender stereotypes. To help children truly picture themselves in the careers they would really to embrace without being influenced by what is traditionally expected from them according to their gender, we have to show them various models and be careful of the examples we choose when talking about careers and jobs.
The Teaching Tolerance website has put together a variety of classroom resources in many social justice domains and on multiple topics. The mission of this organization is “to help teachers and schools educate children and youth to be active participants in a diverse democracy” by providing them free resources.
This lesson plan, Jobs and Gender Stereotyping, will help you uncover gender stereotypes that your students might already unconsciously have with a short and fun activity.
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