A Gender Role Workshop Focused on Sexism, Gender Role Conflict, and the Gender Role Journey

Abstract

A 6-day gender role workshop for adult men and women, using the phases of the gender role journey, is presented. The workshop's curriculum and process are described, including its assumptions, norms, and media. Movie clips, music, music videos, and academic content were used to promote participants' learning in both the cognitive and affective domains. Systematic follow-up evaluations of participants (N=84) in three separate workshops are reported using Likert scaled questions. These evaluations assessed participants' personal learning, emotional reactions, and the workshop's overall impact over l-month and 1-and 2-year follow-up periods. Results indicate that participants were affected personally and professionally over the various time periods.ininity over the life span. The gender role journey is a nonthreatening metaphor for how gender roles change over the lifespan. The journey explores how masculinity and femininity both enhance and restrict human growth.Electronic Journal: To print this article select pages 49-53. TOC

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