Seeing as feminism is for equality of the sexes should we be wondering why boys are behind and giving up just like we did when girls were behind? Also with female only scholarships available isn’t this the majority being helped and not the minority? Isn’t this anti-feminist?
Or is it a men’s movement issue because feminism is only for women and girls?
thanks.
It could conceivably be an issue worth addressing to both feminists and men’s rights activists. I think that it’s above all an issue to be addressed by educators and others involved with education policy, however. I’m currently pursuing my teaching certification, and an awareness of inequalities in the classroom has been drilled into me (particular issues we’ve addressed include boys falling behind in reading/literacy, ESL students being either placed into English-based instruction that overwhelms them or held back to be utilized as "translators" for teachers, and girls being discouraged from being vocal in the classroom). Making future (and current!) teachers aware of these things should absolutely be a priority – as an awareness of these problems, one hopes, will lead teachers to address these problems in their classrooms – as should be continuing to seek solutions to these issues. I also think that it’s worth noting that the higher up in education you get, the more it’s females falling behind (i.e. while there are more female undergraduates, more males will pursue their Ph.D.). I think the issue of particular groups falling behind should be addressed at all levels (but not by, you know, instituting quotas or anything like that).
April 19th, 2010 at 9:44 pm
I don’t believe that men are affected by movements in terms of education.
Women however are still being affected by ignorant people who won’t take them seriously. They are discouraged to participate in mathematics for example. I don’t mean legally. I mean socially.
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April 19th, 2010 at 9:50 pm
I think it’s a personal issue, parents care less and let their boys run wild, and lock up their daughters and wonder why the hell the child is doing bad in school
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April 19th, 2010 at 10:34 pm
Why can it not be everyones problem.
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April 19th, 2010 at 11:07 pm
Are you kidding? Feminists are giving each other high fives and yelling "mission accomplished"!
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April 19th, 2010 at 11:38 pm
Everyone has an interest in all children getting the best education possible. Only brainless people think that ONLY members of their own sex should have the chance to get a good education (something YOU obviously think).
Do you have ANY evidence for what you say?
It’s simply not true that all scholarships to go females.
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April 20th, 2010 at 12:10 am
Society encourages girls to grow up much too fast. Girls wear makeup at 12 and get babysitting jobs. Boys, on the other hand, are encouraged to delay growing up as long as possible. This is a societal and cultural problem.
And as for the female only scholarships…I think you will find far more scholarships earmarked for the men’s football and basketball teams.
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April 20th, 2010 at 12:21 am
ha, ha, ha…. lol
was jews falling behind in education, etc in NAZI germany, a NAZI issue or a jewish issue? ..
was blacks falling behind in education in jim crowe kkk south a KKK issue or a black issue?
jews fell behind in NAZI germany because that was the goal of NAZIs, just as it was the goal of the KKK to discriminate against blacks, and keep them down..
boys falling behind in education is because of Feminism, that is a goal of feminism, like all other genocidal hate groups, to attack, discriminate, harass, profile, put down and diminish the targeted group.. men..
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April 20th, 2010 at 12:43 am
It could conceivably be an issue worth addressing to both feminists and men’s rights activists. I think that it’s above all an issue to be addressed by educators and others involved with education policy, however. I’m currently pursuing my teaching certification, and an awareness of inequalities in the classroom has been drilled into me (particular issues we’ve addressed include boys falling behind in reading/literacy, ESL students being either placed into English-based instruction that overwhelms them or held back to be utilized as "translators" for teachers, and girls being discouraged from being vocal in the classroom). Making future (and current!) teachers aware of these things should absolutely be a priority – as an awareness of these problems, one hopes, will lead teachers to address these problems in their classrooms – as should be continuing to seek solutions to these issues. I also think that it’s worth noting that the higher up in education you get, the more it’s females falling behind (i.e. while there are more female undergraduates, more males will pursue their Ph.D.). I think the issue of particular groups falling behind should be addressed at all levels (but not by, you know, instituting quotas or anything like that).
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April 20th, 2010 at 12:58 am
the british schooling system is geared towards women now because it is proven women are better at cousework while men are better at a one off test. while most subjects being cousework dominanted in the the percentage scale.
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April 20th, 2010 at 1:43 am
Men’s Movement (?) I would assume as feminism is for the progression of women.
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