Classroom gender bias against boys hinders their achievement

7wap · 2013-05-28T22:13:34+00:00

TLDR: Treat boys like little troublemakers, and they internalize that message. In non-Feminist countries, the teachers don't dislike boys and the boys do just fine. Our education system tells boys that they're trouble, which they internalize, then we discriminates against them because they cause trouble and won't sit still. We further discriminate against them because their fidgeting is amplified by any preconceived notions a sexist teacher has.

In other words, misandry hurts boys and men.

manscoutTKE · 2013-05-28T21:30:42+00:00

I'm an education major and I have to say i see this all the time women will be biased towards female students and see them as much better behaved or smaller than the boys but I found that usually its about equal and its how you treat them is how they end up acting

clydry · 2013-05-28T23:49:22+00:00

As someone who taught for a number of years, I will say this - the majority of my most worst behaved students - I mean the real outliers, a few a year at most - were boys (and almost all from single mother homes). Often very smart, but very ADHD, and constantly wanting attention (good or bad attention). Really, I think they just weren't suited to traditional school - and would've been better off learning some sort of hands-on trade (programming, building, etc.), where they would have thrived. And I think especially those sorts of boys, schools are failing.

Beyond those few outliers, there was absolutely no difference in behavior beyond the boys and girls.

hkwpie42 · 2013-05-29T00:36:41+00:00

Males are much more varied mentally. There are much more geniuses and much more stupid ones. Also, girls develop at an earlier age, so these results should mostly be expected.

Title	Classroom gender bias against boys hinders their achievement
Author	citizenkrans
Upvotes	66
Comments	4
Date	May 28, 2013 5:02 PM UTC (13 years ago)
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