Gender Inequality In Kimmel's The Gendered Classroom

In part two of “the Gendered Society” Kimmel delves into the institutions of family, school, and work to discover how they contribute to the gender inequality that creates gender differences. In the chapter “The Gendered Family,” Kimmel considers marriage, parenting, childcare, and housework. Kimmel frames the chapter on “The Gendered Classroom” within questions about the appropriateness of single-sex education and explores gender inequities in education in the United States,
The American family is not what it once was. The last 50 years have seen a dramatic rise in divorce, cohabitation rather than marriage, and children born out of wedlock. This marks a shift away from the ideal of the companion marriage popularized in the early 1920s to …show more content…
It provides the analysts for the normalizing regimes of practice through which particular homophobic of masculinity are enacted. Several of the boys interviewed question the effects of particular forms of masculinity in their lives. Issues of masculinity and gender policing in schools are discussed using examples of homophobic harassment between the youth. C.J. Pascoe similarly examined masculinity and its ties with sexuality through a one and a half year long study at an American high school. Pascoe aimed to understand the relationship between gender and sexuality as they are imbedded in schools. One way for boys to assert their masculinity and heterosexuality was to use the word 'fag '. Other ways included bragging about sexual conquests, appearing physically strong, taking a homophobic standpoint, harassing other students, appearing sexually active and showing sexual interest in girls. Often the flirting with girls was quite violent and degrading, which often was not considered inappropriate. Pascoe thereby argues that the high school itself, with all of its traditions, encouraged heterosexuality and was quite passive in opposing sexism and