{"id":166,"date":"2018-06-25T00:35:24","date_gmt":"2018-06-25T00:35:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/create.twu.ca\/shaaz\/?p=166"},"modified":"2018-06-25T00:35:24","modified_gmt":"2018-06-25T00:35:24","slug":"learning-activity-2-recognition-and-sense-of-belonging","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/create.twu.ca\/shaaz\/2018\/06\/25\/learning-activity-2-recognition-and-sense-of-belonging\/","title":{"rendered":"Learning Activity 2: Recognition and Sense of Belonging"},"content":{"rendered":"

“We cannot all suceed when half of us are held back.” (Malala Yousafzai)<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Taking the gender leader implicit association test was very enlightening. I did not know how it will be scored, but when I saw the results, I was taken aback. No doubt that the time difference was almost negligible but I do associate women more with supporting roles. I never thought this was how I thought before. Reading this chapter and learning about the vast gender bias problem made me feel privileged\u00a0that I have not yet faced much of it. I associate women with leadership roles as that’s\u00a0how I grew up and I was always encouraged as a leader or strong personality in general. This did come with a con that I was labeled as a tomboy and sometimes I was called too manly, and it affected me in a wrong way. Nonetheless, I’ve been blessed with immensely supportive people in my life that did not let me drown in the negative loop but made me realize how I need to beat it and how I was capable of it. I’ve been a feminist ever since, and I know sometimes feminism is not understood entirely but to me, it is a synonym for equality. These days feminism is on an all-time high plus people are vocal about it too.<\/p>\n

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After reading The Catalyst (2016), I’m enlisting below the various ways or fostering a sense of recognition and inclusion:<\/p>\n