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Analyze the following real class episode and identify the correct assertions related to it. Then choose the correct alternative.
In a 6th grade classroom, the EFL teacher presents a lesson whose topic is “Skin”. After contextualizing it, the teacher proceeds with the lesson introducing the primary function of the skin in humans and animals: protection. Further, using realia and TPR (Total Physical Response), the teacher invites the group to recognize the characteristics of the skin showing that it can be rough, soft, furry, ticklish, and that it can have scales. When asked to perform tickles, children laughed out loud, when suddenly a boy came in front of the group and raising his arms in a bodybuilder manner, he said: “I am gonna show you that a man’s skin is not ticklish!” The teacher replied: “And don’t men have fun?!?”
I. Gender refers to a set of representations that societies construct along historical periods granting meaning, symbols and characteristics to sexes.
II. Since their birth, children are exposed to the first characterizations of gender that will shape their insertion and participation in society.
III. Teachers must be aware that gender issues may arise at any time in the classroom, independently of the lesson plan. Thus, they must be ready to respond to students’ reactions accordingly.
IV. In our society, being male or female involves an identity that confronts the opposite one, both denying it and distancing from it.