Gender Roles in Education
How would education look like if gender roles never affected it? When the idea of school was first proposed, only boys would go, and their parents had to be able to afford it too. Girls were taught that they needed to stay home and learn how to cook and clean. So why bother with gender roles, and are they really that important? Gender roles in school first started since school was made, around 3500 BC, genders have been taught different things. “Less than 5% of 15-year-old girls in OECD countries contemplate pursuing a career in engineering or computing, while 20% of boys do.” Girls are discouraged about certain careers and choose not to do them because they are afraid of being teased about it. This affects education so girls and boys are discouraged about doing something they might think that they like. A gender role is when a certain gender follows the invisible laws that society has put on them, therefore, gender roles can be a good thing but they are dividing the world with these imaginary laws. …show more content…
Providing girls with an education helps break the cycle of poverty: educated women are less likely to marry early and against their will; less likely to die in childbirth; more likely to have healthy babies; and are more likely to send their children to school.” Girls HAVE to have an education in order to not get the the point of poverty. While this could and couldn't be true, it is better to stay in school longer for you to put that you completed however many year of school you finished on your résumé, so you are more likely to get a better job. If you learn about your reproductive system in your school years it would help you so you won’t have a miscarriage if you ever decide to have
How would education look like if gender roles never affected it? When the idea of school was first proposed, only boys would go, and their parents had to be able to afford it too. Girls were taught that they needed to stay home and learn how to cook and clean. So why bother with gender roles, and are they really that important? Gender roles in school first started since school was made, around 3500 BC, genders have been taught different things. “Less than 5% of 15-year-old girls in OECD countries contemplate pursuing a career in engineering or computing, while 20% of boys do.” Girls are discouraged about certain careers and choose not to do them because they are afraid of being teased about it. This affects education so girls and boys are discouraged about doing something they might think that they like. A gender role is when a certain gender follows the invisible laws that society has put on them, therefore, gender roles can be a good thing but they are dividing the world with these imaginary laws. …show more content…
Providing girls with an education helps break the cycle of poverty: educated women are less likely to marry early and against their will; less likely to die in childbirth; more likely to have healthy babies; and are more likely to send their children to school.” Girls HAVE to have an education in order to not get the the point of poverty. While this could and couldn't be true, it is better to stay in school longer for you to put that you completed however many year of school you finished on your résumé, so you are more likely to get a better job. If you learn about your reproductive system in your school years it would help you so you won’t have a miscarriage if you ever decide to have