Gender and Education Information

      Gender and Education that exist in 2010

    I found so many different websites about this topic. In a whole, I feel that most believe that some things have been done to help. but much more is still needed to be accomplished. We have begun to 'tap the glass in some areas of equality, but it is a problem educationally, and socially in our society.

    I was thinking about how the female children are raised for their early childhood. They are taught to play with dolls, which includes changing their cloths, combing their hair, feeding them with bottles, and even changing their diapers! Plastic cleaning sets, doll houses, and easy bake ovens are the toys that are gifted year after year to these children. Is this what makes a girl a girl??? They are taught at a young age that they are support to take care of the children, cook, and clean. This is such a stereotype in my own personal opinion. So, I feel that from the beginning, it is getting drilled into females heads that this is what they are support to do, their job in life. I liked GI Joe's when I was little, and my Mother hated it. She felt I was weird, and boyish like. Well, I got my knees dirty, feel down playing football and got cuts, and even broke my finger playing basketball! I loved all the "boyish" stuff as I grew up. Does that make me any different then my sister, who played with Barbie dolls, and cooking sets????? I linked this website because it shows all different statistics when it comes to many topics of gender inequality. I found it interesting and educational.

http://unstats.un.org/unsd/demographic/products/indwm/

  Young Boys are gifted with the usual toys, such as building blocks, toy guns, plastic tools, and sport equipment. Does this set a clear image on   their place in our society.

   In Education, their are many gender gaps that still do exist in our schools.In the recent tests, I was reading an article that suggested  girls were, in fact, scoring higher then the boys are. The artlcal did mention that it depended on the subject that was being tested. This is a study done in the United States, other countries have different sinerios when it comes to gender inequality. This was one of three studies that I found on different websites. I linked this article because I found it to be interesting. I thought that the 'glass ceiling' phrase fit in perfect with our class.

     In class, I would like to share the information that I found interesting with the class. I am also interested in the other students, and that facts that they found.

http://socialissues.wiseto.com/Topics/WorkingWomen/