PHILOSOPHY AND ETHICS - CELEBRATING DIVERSITY

KEY WORDS, DEFINITIONS AND DISCRIPTION

KEY IDEAS

OUR CULTURE IS VERY DIVERSE, FULL OF PEOPLE FROM EVERY COUNTRY AND WE NEED TO ENSURE WE DONT (UNINTENTIONALLY) DISCRIMINATE

APPLICATION

YOU WILL BE ABLE TO CRITICALLY ANYLISE YOUR OWN ACTIONS, TO ENSURE YOU LIVE OUT EQUALITY.

RACISM

PREJUDICE OR DISCRIMINATION BY AN INDIVIDUAL, COMMUNITY OR INSTUTUTION AGAINST A PERSON OR PEOPLE ON THE BASIS OF THEIR MEMBERSHIP OF A PARTICULAR RACIAL OR ETHNIC GROUP.

GENDER

OFTEN EXPRESSED IN TERMS OF MASCULINITY AND FEMININITY AND IS LARGELY ASSUMED FROM THE SEX ASSIGNED AT BIRTH

LESBIAN

A WOMAN WHO HAS ROMANTIC AND OR SEXUAL ORIENATATION TO OTHER WOMAN

GAY

REFERS TO A MAN WHO HAS SEXUAL AND OR ROMANTIC ORIENTATION TOWARDS A MAN.

BISEXUAL

AN UMBRELLA TERM USED TO DESCRIBE SOMEONE WHO HAS A SEXUAL AND OR ROMANTIC ORIENTATION TOWARDS BOTH MEN AND WOMAN.

TRANSGENDER

AN UMBRELLA TERM FOR SOMEONE WHOSE GENDER IS THE SAME AS OR DOES NOT SIT COMFTORABLY WITH THE SEX ASSIGNED AT BIRTH.

UNCONSIOUS BIAS

THE TENDANCY OF HUMANS TO ACT IN WAYS THAT ARE PROMOTED BY A RANGE OF ASSUMPTIONS AND BIASSES WE ARE NOT AWARE OF.

misogyny

hatred of, contempt of or prejudice against women.

toxic masculinity

a set of attitudes and ways of behaving stereotypically associated or expected of men. regarded of having a negative impact on society as a whole.