WORKSHEET ON HIS LECTURE GIVEN FOR TED2014
ZIAUDDIN YOUSAFZAI – MALALA´S MALALA´ FATHER
ENGLISH DEPARTMENT - IES GOYA ZARAGOZA
ZIAUDDIN YOUSAFZAI - MALALA´S FATHER
BEFORE LISTENING • DEFINE : What is a patriarcal society? _______________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________
LISTEN AND ANSWER 1. What is the general feeling towards a new baby girl in patriarchal societies societies ? _______________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________ 2. How does the life of a girl change when she enters her teens ? _______________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________
3. Which 2 concepts are the pillars of a patriarchal society ? a)
men : ____________________________________________________________________
b)
women : __________________________________________________________________
4. How does a man feel if a woman in his family leaves home to earn a living? _____________________ 5. Which 3 adjectives describe what a “good girl” is supposed to be? _____________________
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6. What is the big IRONY which makes this vicious circle go on and on in these societies? societies _______________________________________________________________________________ 7. How can this be changed ? _______________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________ 8. The biggest event for the life of a girl is to be __________________________________ __________________________________ because ________________________________________________________________________________ 9. Whyy couldn´t the speaker recall the name of some of his sisters? si _______________________________________________________________________________ 10. Why is EDUCATION so important for the speaker? _______________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________ 11. How does he describe TALIBANIZATION? ______________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________ 12. Because of talibanization ( JOIN ) 1. Hundreds of schools
A. were stopped from going to the markets
2. Girls
B. were killed kill
3. Women
C. were lost
4. Women
D. were flogged
5. Musicians
E. were silenced
6. Girls
F. were forced to wear veils
7. Singers
G. were prohibited from going to school
13. Why is the 9 October 2012 important for his family? f ______________________________________________________________________________ 14. What did he ask his wife that day? ______________________________________________________________________________ 15. Did Malala´s family learn something from Malala after this experience? ______________________________________________________________________________ 16. What is the most important thing he did regarding his daughter´s daughter education? _______________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________
KEY : PATRIARCHAL SOCIETY It consists of a male-dominated power structure. Men hold the position of power . The man is : -
the head of the family unit the leader of social groups The boss in the workplace The head of government QUESTIONS
1. A girl´s birth is not celebrated. She is not welcomed . The neighbours commiserate with the mother and nobody congratulates the father. (Mothers feel uncomfortable , sad – then shocked – finally guilty ) 2. Girls are forbidden to go out alone, without a man escort. They are confined at home. They are no more free individuals. 3. Men : code of honour women : obedience 4. Humiliated 5. Quiet – humble – submissive 6. Mothers teach the same lesson of obedience to their daughters and the same lesson of honour to their sons. 7. Changing the way of thinking of both men and women – breaking a few norms of family and society – abolishing discriminating laws. 8. To be admitted in a school because it mean the recognition of her identity and her name. Admission in a school means that she has entered the world of dreams and aspirations for her future life. 9. He had never seen his sisters´ names written on any document. 10. Education means EMANCIPATION to him. 11. A phenomenon which was lethal for human rights , especially for women´s rights . It means the complete negation of women´s participation in all political, economical and social activities. 12.
Because of talibanization ( JOIN ) 1. Hundreds of schools A. were stopped from going to the markets 2. Girls B. were killed 3. Women C. were lost 4. Women D. were flogged 5. Musicians E. were silenced 6. Girls F. were forced to wear veils 7. Singers G. were prohibited from going to school
13. 14. 15. 16.
She was shot in her head at point blank range = A QUEMARROPA “SHOULD I BE BLAMED FOR WHAT HAPPENED TO MY DAUGHTER?” To be resilient in the most difficult times. What he did NOT DO . He didn´t clip her wings