Coeducation Vs. Same Sex Education

Coeducation vs. Same Sex Education Same sex education has been a topic of discussion as early as the pioneer days. The arguments back in those days stemmed from the separation of men and women and the educational abilities of women. Those arguments are still prominent today. The main concern for parents today are the educational, social, and mental benefits their children receive. Some scholars would say separating children help them strive in their own way without competition. Other scholars say separating our children does not prepare them for the problems they have to face in the real world today. Same sex schools are no more efficient than coed schools in that there are no differences in the benefits our children receive socially, mentally or …show more content…
What does same sex schooling teach our children about the real world today? Are we teaching our children that one sex is less than the other? Do boys deserve a better education than girls? These are often the questions that arise when we speak of same sex schools. Socially, our children suffer with finding their place in the world and not knowing how the real world will be when exposed to same sex education. Women have felt inferior to men as early if not earlier than the eighteenth century. Back then women’s roles were simple, they cooked and cleaned and reproduced. Not too long after the American Revolution we saw a spike in interest for female education (Rury). People began to see that women’s educational needs were just as important as those of the males. The government decided to be clever and put classes such as home economics and ladies etiquette to show they would try to mix the gender roles. Little did they know this still made women feel inferior as