Whilst putting together a lesson on the topic I was surprised how much I could base it on stuff I’d already done over the years:
Article
Gender in the language classroom
Worksheets
Body image concerns more men than women Guardian news lesson – NEW LINK
Adverbs of frequency gender policy discussion
Gender discussion, including on acceptable gender differences
Personality and appearance gender guessing game (a bit long!)
Present Simple Men and Women guessing and answer key
Related pages
Updated 4 August 2026
Thank you for sharing those practical, evocative, and wide-ranging materials. Given the potential mishaps, I’ve often avoided gender discussions in class but the personality and appearance worksheet seems like a very vocabulary rich way to address the topic. Good job!
PS. As you know, we often have to be rather careful on PC topics in our classrooms.
Thanks for the encouragement and link love, always feel a bit guilty about linking to myself like this and bored by the process of doing so, so always good to get some motivation