Gender Discrimination And Its Effects On Children s...

Most people have either experienced or seen sexual discrimination in the learning environment. This is because schools are teaching sexism in classes through textbooks that do not give historical female figures enough credit for their accomplishments, dress codes that punish girls for their body’s at the risk of the male education, and gender stereotypes placed in schools that have a strong influence on children s behavior and personality. Some may argue against this claim by arguing that women are not given credibility in history books because of their treatment in the past, dress codes are placed to stop distracting boys, or that the treatment of children in schools is more difficult for male students because they have larger dropout†¦show more content†¦Sexism has been weakened by documents including the 19th amendment, equal pay act and the Title IX of the education amendments but, these documents are not enough to stop sexism alone. The 19th amendment allowed wom en the right to vote in presidential elections, the equal pay act attempts to stop sexism in the workplace, and Title IX is a program that uses government money to reduce the chance of sexim in schools. All of these documents allowed women to gain many rights but none of these solved the issue of sexism. These documents, while important, do not have the power to stop sexism because the root of sexism is in schools where sexim is taught to children. Issues in the classroom that provoke sexism include: gender roles, prejudice textbooks and dress codes. This is a global problem that affects students all over including students at Rochester High School. Female students being raised a sexist environment do not only hurt the student, but it also hurts the learning environment for other students. Sexism is taught to children at a young age by the reading of textbooks. Studies on history textbooks have shown that American textbooks â€Å"mention 8 white males for every one African Amer ican, women, Jew, one figure from other various minority groups† (Ferroni 2). Statistics like this show how textbooks lay the foundation for sexism in our society. Women and other minorities learning mainly about the white man in school affect their self-view majorily. The