Texts about Boys & Girls
BEING A GIRL:
1. Why do you think it was so important to the mother that Jean should be married?
2. What do you know about the Jewish faith?
3. Discuss whether it is still the case that girls, more than boys, are expected to do "household chores", such as cooking, cleaning and sewing.
4. Is there equality between men and women, or boys and girls, in today´s society? Support your answers with examples from real life.
WHEN THE BLOND BOMBSHELL DROPS:
5. How do you think your parents would react if you came home with a new hair-colour, a piercing or a tattoo?
6. Do you think it is ok for boys to care about their looks? Why/why not?
7. Why do you think the father is so upset by his son bleaching his hair?
8. Why do young people today so often call things "gay"? What do they/you mean by saying it? Can it upset or even hurt other people?
1.She needs a hustband to take care of her, because she couldnt herself
2.Nothing
3.I think it’s more equally between men and women now
4.More or less
1. Cause she need someone to support her.
2. A Jew has to marry another jew.
3. Cause boys are stronger and can do the "hardwork".
4. It´s more then before but the most men gets more saliry then women and has esier to get the well paid job.
1. We think that her mother didn't want her family to get a bad reputation.
2. They don't believe in the new testament, they're still waiting for God's son. They also don't believe in Jesus.
3. Maybe in some cultures, but not so much in Sweden. Those who are Muslims think that girls should be at home, because they're better at it than the boys.
4. It's better now than it was before, but men still gets more paid than women. We think that depends on that men often choose the well-paid jobs.
3. In U.S.A it´s many women who is housewifes and there men are out working, making money. In sweden it´s more equality, but every person has there own choice and can deside what they want to work with.
We think that there is more women that are house cleanig and stuff but we dont think that people are expecting that they should. But we think that men and women should be treated equaly:D
3. Because the men do the hard work, and the women do more easily work than men. The men be tired after the work, so the women must do the food to their husbands.
I think we´ll need to keep on working with these issues in the future. But now you have at least started thinking about it. /H.
Being a girl: We think it is much better now than it use to be. But still it is the women that use to be in the kitchen and the man use to be out door fixing with the car or something.
1. because of her religion, and that back in the day so to speak, women werent aloud to be independant in the same way as now.
2. We know that they celebrate hanukka instead of christmas, and that they dont believe that Jesus is messia like christians do. They dont eat all kinds of food, for example they dont mix fish with milk
3. No not in the same way, but some people still believe that housechores are "women-work"
4. yes, but not 100 percent. Men still get bigger paychecks and women can still get away with things relativly easily by flirting or acting innocent.
Equality is very importment because the women shouldn't do all the work. the equality between men and women in Sweden is pretty good, but in other countries it's different, that the women should do all the work at home, and they aren't allowed to say what they want to say.
Equality is very importment because the women shouldn't do all the work. the equality between men and women in Sweden is pretty good, but in other countries it's different, that the women should do all the work at home, and they aren't allowed to say what they want to say.
check your reading.
1) Because her mother thinks she is ugly and not that good that she was.
2) No, but her mother thought that.
3) The doctor thinks that she is older than she realy is, and he thinks that Jean is a normal kid. It is normal to have pimples.
4) She is judish and dont think its important to know how to roast a pork.
BEING A GIRL:
3. We believe it is more common for boys to help residents in the garden and the girls may help in the laundry room and cooking.
Good job, people! It seems like the discussions this afternoon went quite well. One group must have gotten the questions wrong, but that´s ok. As long as you talk in English and understand the texts I´m happy!
