Workshop participants will learn about and practice identifying how sexism affects each of us and how to interrupt sexism. We will discuss what sexism is, how—in large and small ways—it diminishes women’s and femme people’s quality of life, and how different women and femme people experience sexism differently. We will talk about how sexism affects people of all genders through social expectations about gender roles and gender expression. This interactive workshop also engages participants in describing how racism, homophobia, and transphobia, and other forms of discrimination amplify and are interconnected with sexism, and then offers practice interrupting moments of intersectional sexism in your daily life.
Facilitated by Liz Elsen (Gender and Sexuality Center) & Shavonne Coleman (Faculty Innovation Center)
*Identifying & Interrupting Sexism in Classrooms & Workplaces is offered as part of the DDCE Dynamics of Diversity Certificate, for more information please visit their website.