Two, Week 6 posts are due for review the end of this week before Dec 20th ,7 pm EST, but others can be staggered.

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Week 6 Lifespan

Discussion: Gender, Sexuality, and Sexual Orientation

To prepare for this Discussion:

• Review the Learning Resources.
• Review the discussion option assigned to you by your faculty.
• Using the Walden Library, locate 1-2 recent (5 years or less) peer-reviewed articles related to the discussion you selected.

By Day 3

Please respond to the discussion prompt assigned by your faculty:

Option A – Gender:

• Explain how your development might have differed if you were born the opposite sex, intersex, or transgender.
• Explain how these differences might have impacted the constructs of your current identity and why.
• Include specific biological and social influences that might have impacted your development.
• Justify your response with references to this week’s Learning Resources and 1–2 peer-reviewed articles from the past 5 years.

Option B – Sexuality:

• Explain the roles that biology, culture, socialization, and age may have in influencing sexual activity and sexual behaviors.
• Explain the influence of sexuality on identity and development with an illustrative example.
• Justify your response with references to this week’s Learning Resources and 1–2 peer-reviewed articles from the past 5 years.

Option C – Sexual Orientation:

• Explain the roles that biology, culture, socialization, and age may have in influencing sexual orientation.
• Explain the influence of sexual orientation on identity and development with an illustrative example.
• Justify your response with references to this week’s Learning Resources and 1–2 peer-reviewed articles from the past 5 years.

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Week 6 Cultural

Discussion: Panel Part Three

Module 2 Week 6 includes the Multicultural Panel (Part Three) assignment. (Note: Week 6 does not include anything for the cumulative assignment that is due at the end of Module 2.) The panelists are diverse individuals, each with various identities related to their race, ethnicity, immigration status, nationalist, spirituality, religion, social class, ability status, age, assigned sex at birth, gender identity, and affectional orientation. Panelists will continue their stories by sharing their experiences with oppression, discrimination, power, and privilege based on their age and ability-status.

Directions for Discussion:

Before you begin, watch the Multicultural Panel: Part Three video. Now that you have heard detailed accounts of each panelist, reflect on how your understanding of each panelist has grown. What have you learned? How has watching the panel helped you understand the effects of racism, discrimination, sexism, power, privilege, and oppression? This Discussion posting is an exercise in being able to understand individuals from their own worldview or perspective. In the Multicultural Panel, the panelists discuss their experiences with ageism and ability status.

BY DAY 3

Respond to the following:

• Select a panelist who has experienced oppression, discrimination, or privilege based on their age and/or ability status—either a physical or mental ability.
  Note: Try to select a panelist who has not yet been chosen by a classmate.
• Share your emotional response and reaction to hearing about the panelist’s experiences.
• Consider whether or not you can identify with the panelist’s experience. What are some similarities and/or differences you have?
• Based on the Learning Resources, what is an example of how you will encompass cultural competence and create a positive therapeutic alliance when working with a client similar to the panelist?