- Sexism
- Female
- Male
- Roles
- Society
- School
- Curriculum
- African America
- Education
- Sexual Harassment
Author's Argument
Peggy Orenstein argues that there is a hidden curriculum where there is huge gap between women and men. She argues that schools should develop a curriculum that is fair for every gender in every subject and that this change should be taught in their early childhood. She also mentions that this "ideal curriculum" is helpful for students to see and try to make changes on issues like sexual harassment and gender inequality that surrounds them.
Evidence
- "The hidden curriculum is all the things teachers don't say, but that you learn in class anyway...the hidden curriculum is what you learn the most. Sexual harassment is part of the hidden curriculum for girls...boys...because they learn whether is has anything to do with them or not."
- Because it's not just a female job to change it, but a male job as well...maybe people need more education and we can provide some of that..."
- "...if you start a course...with something that connects to the student's experience...they can relate it to their own experience."
Comments
I really enjoyed reading this article because I felt that I was able to relate to it. I agree with Peggy's argument because in order to make everything work in this society we need both sexes. If we need both sexes then we need to make an equality curriculum where both boys and girls can feel comfortable with. There were girls' quote where they stated that they were glad that Mrs Logan did these women studies where girls were not discriminated. I even understood the reason why some of the girls in the classroom felt that they were not learning because they weren't talking about men and they felt that it wasn't right. These girls felt this way because they were not use to being in classroom where women are the dominate. I felt this way when I was in school because my teachers concentrated more on famous men rather than women. I also like the way Mrs. Logan had all of her students come up with monologue on famous women. The way she manage to get the boys to act out a women role was an effective way to get the boys to feel the discrimination that women fell in their everyday life.
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