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No More Overriding and Overcontaining: Using SE to Challenge Gender Binary Expectations
Description
In a world where gender binary expectations are deeply embedded in our societal framework, it’s crucial to explore and challenge these norms. This discussion centers around the ways in which the gender binary impacts individuals, particularly those who identify outside traditional gender norms. By understanding the implications of these binaries, we can begin to create a more inclusive and affirming environment for all.
Key takeaways:
- Identify and define language specific to the gender spectrum and gender binary expectations.
- Learn ways that people across the gender spectrum are socialized to mask vulnerabilities and impulses to comply with rigid binary expectations.
- Review SE skills that could help clients begin to notice how gender expectations have limited their emotional expression – what they have been overriding or overcontaining.
- Review SE skills that can help clients regain access to their natural impulses to express anger and vulnerability.
- Review SE skills that could help clients complete motor plans connected to the fight, flight, freeze responses.