PSHE Personal Wellbeing Puberty disfigurement prejudice Part 2

PSHE: Personal Wellbeing Puberty, disfigurement & prejudice Part 2 © Changing Faces 2009 Registered Charity No. 1011222 Charity registered in Scotland SC 039725

What this lesson will cover… n A recap of changes to our bodies during puberty n A think about how we might feel about these bodily changes n A look at other things which might cause our bodies to change

Recap: Changes in puberty Girls Breast development Body hair Menstruation Body shape Body odour & acne Boys Penis & testes size Body & facial hair Pubic hair Body shape Voice change Body odour & acne

How might we feel about these changes? Anxious Embarrassed Awkward Shy Unhappy Not ourselves Different Excited Happy Grown up Proud Mature More feminine More masculine

Other things/events that cause our bodies to change? n Everyone’s bodies change during puberty and these changes are helpful to growing up. n Can you think of any other things/events that might cause our bodies to change? (Clue: they might happen by mistake)

Some examples of things/events that cause our bodies to change… • • 1. 2. The Sun Our diet Knife/Gun wound Burnt in a house fire or car accident • • • Rash from an allergy Falling over & getting bruised Scars from an operation How might you feel if your body changed as a result of some of these causes? Are there any similarities with how we might feel about our bodies changing during puberty?

Disfigurement: A FACT FILE n ‘Disfigurement’ is any difference in a person’s appearance which is seen as unusual or different by other people n 1 in 500 children in the UK have a significant facial disfigurement n And 1 in 100 children have some kind of visible difference. n Some people are born with disfigurements, like birthmarks n Other people get a disfigurement as a result of accidents or skin conditions etc

Problems facing people with a disfigurement n People are often ‘prejudice’ towards people with disfigurements – they guess things about them because of what they look like – E. g. People with disfigurements also have learning difficulties n People with disfigurements are often ‘discriminated’ against – they are treated differently because of how they look – E. g. Not given certain jobs, or treated differently in restaurants

Which quote is most like you? Have a guess at what these people look like? ! n “I like playing on my Wii and DSi. My favourite games are Drawn to Life, Ravin Rabbids Go Home and Mariocart Wii” n “I’m practically obsessed with I Got a Feeling by the Black Eyed Peas and I’m into Cheryl Cole too” n “I’ve got an EVO 110 pit motorbike which I ride at tracks all around the country. When I leave school I’m going to be a motorbike racer” n “I love football and I support Wigan Athletic. I also love drawing and reading detective stories”

Lauren Max Lucas Harry “I love football and I support Wigan “I’m practically obsessed with I “I’ve got an EVO 110 pit motorbike which Athletic. I also love drawing and reading Got a Feeling by the Black Eyed I ride at tracks all around the country. Peas and I’m into Cheryl Cole detective stories” When I leave school I’m going to be a “I like playing on my Wii and DSi. My too” motorbike racer” favourite games are Drawn to Life, Ravin Rabbids Go Home and Mariocart Wii”

n Did the children look the way you expected them to? Why / why not? n Would you have expected them to like the same things/activities as you?

“Strangers tend to have low expectations of me; they assume that because I look different I must have learning difficulties” n Is it fair to assume that people with a disfigurement are different simply because they look different? “Boys would punch me and try to wrestle me to the ground and girls called me cruel names like ‘pig nose’ or ‘elephant man’ ” n How can we behave to make people who are different from ourselves feel accepted?