GENDER AND SOCIETY SYLLABI

SECOND SEMESTER SY: 2025-2026

Faculty Information:
Name: CHERRY LYN E. CALIB-OG
Degree & School: BSHRM/SVC
Email Address: [email protected]
Mobile Phone Number: 09630651732

COURSE TITLE Gender and Society

COURSE CODE
CREDIT UNIT 3 units, 3 hrs./wk. (18 weeks, 54 hrs. total)
COURSE PRE-REQUISITE

Vision PHILIPPINE ADVENT COLLEGE envisions to be a center of excellence in Christian Education by promoting a globally competitive
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Institutional Outcomes:
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contribute to the advancement of knowledge. Has the capacity to engage self-reflection and lifelong learning.
9. Graduates can appreciate and demonstrate strong to manage and facilitate in increasing participation and involvement in achieving ASEAN
goal and objective that can accelerate economic, and social growth of the country.

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We shall perform and discharge our duties and staff are held responsible in our professional, shall serve God with full commitment and
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dedication and excellence; in teaching and integrity and with strong relations to God and mankind. Committed to prepare students to serve
delivering quality services at all times. with faithful adherence to the word of God. with excellent performance and with distinctive
behavior as they practice their profession.

Course Description

Concepts, principles, and approaches in the understanding of genders in the Philippine towards an effective gender responsive
society.
Gender and Society is a three-unit course that ignites awareness to the students’ understanding of our country’s current
problems in Gender inequality, Gender mainstreaming, Gender preferences, and the likes. It equips the students with a broader
perspective on their gender roles as they discern stereotypes and discriminations as dictated by the society. It prepares students
to be more gender sensitive in words and in actions as they build a new society filled with gender responsive individuals.
 Course Learning Outcomes

At the end of the course, the students should be able to:

Knowledge
1. Discuss the context of sex, sexuality and gender following the Philippine social norms.
2. Identify current gender issues in the country.
3. Analyze gender stereotypes and gender inequalities as experienced on the four levels of socialization: at home, in school, in peer groups,
and in mass media.
4. Familiarize with the Philippine Laws concerning sex and gender.
5. Determine action plans to counter abuses or discrimations about gender.

Skills
1. Convey positive support on the different gender spectrum
2. Counter gender discrimination characterized in words and in actions
3. Apply gender sensitivity by correcting inappropriate gender expressions
4. Reinforce erroneous acts that shows disrespect towards the different genders
5. Design a gender responsive platform for the whole campus

Values
1. Appreciate the differences of all gender representations
2. Adopt respect for all genders
3. Discern corrupted ideas against the different gender representations
4. Rise for support for all genders
5. Be attentive to gender maltreatment regardless of one’s personal gender preference

Week Topics
 Discuss the context of I. Introduction to the Introduce everyone by Video: “The Impossible  Ask whether they like
sex, sexuality, and course sharing their: Dream” by their names, how did
gender following the -Story of their The United Nations. they liked their favorite
Philippine social norms name (if it was https://www.youtube.com/ sport or hobby.
meant for a boy or watch?v=t2JBPBIFR2Y
a girl)
-Favorite sport
1 Introduction to the course -Favorite color
-Hobbies
2-3 Legal basis for the study of Gender and Society

4 What constitutes an individual’s sex?

5 What is sexuality?  Introduce the course  What was depicted by

description, objectives, the role of the women
6-7 Basic types of sexuality and and men on the
requirements. videoclip?
8-9 Sexual harassment and paraphilias (at home, in school/ workplace, between peers, in mass media)
 Familiarize with the II. Legal Basis for the  Create a timeline  See:  Quiz identifying the
10 Midterms (sex and sexuality
Philippine Laws study of Gender and following https://ched.gov.ph/ cmo-1- laws discussed.
concerning sex and Society the social changes in the s-2015/
gender creation of laws  See:
11-12 What is Gender? (History and the Gender Spectrum)
strengthening gender https://www.ohchr.org/en/
 CHED Memo no.1, s. development in the professionalinterest/pages/
Gender
2015 roles and socialization (at home, in Provide
country. school/ workplace,
a basic between peers, in mass media)
cedaw.aspx
.  CEDAW (1981) background  See:
13-15 Gender discriminationArt
 1987 Constitution, and Inequalitities
about the laws and https://
agreements to be www.officialgazette.gov.ph/
16-17 Laws supporting
II., Sec. 14 Sexuality and Gender
discussed in class. constitutions/the-1987-
 RA 7192 andd IRR constitution-of-the-republic-
18 Gender
(1992) sensitivity of-the-
 Beijing Platform for philippines/the-1987-
19 Gender responsiveness
Action (1995) constitution-
 RA 9710-Magna Carta of-the-republic-of-the-
for Women (2009) philippines-
article-ii/
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/sites/default/files/ra-7192-
irr.pdf
 See:
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org/en/abo

 Discuss the context of III. What Constitutes Sex?  Lecture and class  Peralta, Eric Paul, Botor, Quiz categorizing
sex, sexuality, and  Primary characteristics discussion on the Nephtaly examples of
gender following the (reproductive organs) anatomical Joel B, & Laude, Teri Marie characteristics either
Philippine social norms  Secondary characteristics of human P. as male or female
 Determine action characteristics (height, male and human female (2019). A Course Module for  Reflection Paper no. 1:
GENDER AND SOCIETY LEARNING PLAN

Intended Learning CONTENT METHODOLOGY RESOURCES ASSESSMENT

Outcomes (ILOs)

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Grading System:
Pre-Mid to Pre-Final: Final:
Performance tasks 30% Exit Assessment 50%
Quizzes 20% Major Exam 50%
Major Exams 50% Total 100%
Total: 100%

Prepared by: Noted by: Approved by:

CHERRY LYN E. CALIB-OG, LPT EDDIE G. SEDEÑO, JD, LPT MARICTIBERT C. MACIAS
Instructor Assistant Campus Administrator Campus Administrator