Teachers 'give higher marks to girls'

nonsensepoem · 2020-05-04T18:32:22+00:00

There seems to be a common assumption in the broader culture that boys are constantly being encouraged and celebrated, so we all must make a point to encourage and celebrate girls as much as possible to bridge that perceived gap.

I don't recall being encouraged and celebrated much as a boy. Quite the opposite: I was generally criticized or castigated, or at best ignored, when I failed to be proactive and performant. Is my experience unusual in that regard? Are girls really encouraged and celebrated less than boys?

peanutbutterjams · 2020-05-04T15:37:23+00:00

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czerdec · 2020-05-04T14:16:14+00:00

Given the "women are wonderful effect" it would be extremely weird if girls weren't beneficiaries of prejudice in school.

thereslcjg2000 · 2020-05-04T14:36:12+00:00

And the scary thing is, there are people who still advocate for making school more girl-centric.

TC1827 · 2020-05-04T19:26:14+00:00

So not only do women have a education system that favours them, and more scholarships, and more oppurtunities due to affirmative action, and an easier time in their school years due to dating dynamics favouring them, they also get marked easily when being assessed.

And the worst part is, they still expect their male partners to out earn them, despite women essentially running the inner lap vs men running the outer lap. Men are still expected to be their ATMs

Egalitarianwhistle · 2020-05-04T15:57:13+00:00

Waiting for the mental gymnastics to show why this is actually harmful to girls in some way

DevilishRogue · 2020-05-05T11:48:19+00:00

It is so much worse than just this article. Boys are:

etc.

HaveAGr8D4y · 2020-05-04T19:33:45+00:00

When pitching the whole 'male advocacy' shtick I always ask people the same question. (if you were born after 1990)

Who were the 'better' or 'smarter' students in grade school all the way to high school between boys and girls?

Everyone always says girls. Always. They mature faster and their maturity and behavioral standard sets an unrealistic learning environment for boys in developmental years.

mellainadiba · 2020-05-04T18:46:41+00:00

Write to your local schools about this, and ask if there is training on this? Tweet a school

mellainadiba · 2020-05-04T21:34:38+00:00

I will add, they have said that end of year only exams is good for boys/ bad for girls, and coursework favours girls a lot.. this is a long held fact and the rationale was that girls work nice and steady while boys are lazy with coursework but the exam things makes them competitive. They also said stuff like poor girls they have low self esteem about exams.

Well this clearly proves one reason why coursework favours girls... they get more marks!!. I got this a lot when I was a kid, and I will be going back to my school to tell them about it.

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