Consequently, men are encouraged to develop and show off their aggressive behavior in a more obvious manner, but women are not. ... Male and female students are treated differently in school by the education system and teachers. For example, schools offer more support and encouragement to male students for their participation in competitive sport activities, but not for the female students. In addition, male students often required to attend woodworking classes, which effectively encourage their active and aggressive behavior. On the other hand, female students would be sent to attend home eco...

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The only difference between Miranda and other female students was that she did not participate in sports. ... Other students were treated noticibly different in front of Miranda to the extent that other students also made note of the treatment. ... Matthews treated her students differently because they were or were not athletes then she stereotyped them according to what she considered a "good" student. ... The teacher obviously considered athletes to be unequal to other students. ... In chapter 9, pg. 230, an achieved status is described as an open system that encourages competition among...

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It encourages self-hate. ... Further still, some students may look better in school uniform. ... It has been said that school uniforms instil discipline within students. Exactly what discipline does uniform teach students? ... It has also been said that uniform gives students a sense of pride. ...

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The study adopted a focus group methodology with fifteen groups of 7-9 participants, all university students (n=133). ... Using the qualitative methodology of focus groups, this study aims to encourage participants to discuss their views on gender stereotypes in a relaxed, open environment. ... Since the majority of Psychology students were female, the students were pre-assigned to their groups to evenly distribute the male participants (at least one per group) thereby reducing the effects of gender bias in the results. ... She began the session by using an "ice-breaker" – a ge...

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"Researchers have found that teachers interact differently with students of similar gender than they do with students of opposite gender. ... Likewise, a teacher's perception of student characteristics and abilities appear to systematically vary by gender." ... Encourage girls to pursue sports, science and math and boys to engage in cooking, art, and music. ... Equality was encouraged through activities for both the boys and girls.  ... One communicated with more control while the students influenced the other teacher. ...

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This new freedom has allowed and encouraged women to lead healthier lifestyles by increasing their awareness of exercise, competition, and the idea of being physically fit. ... People who oppose Title IX believe that it is not fair because even though interest and participation in women's sports has blossomed since Congress passed the amendment in 1972, it still cannot compare to the extent at which males are involved in sports, simply because men's sports have had time to grow and participation has always been encouraged. ... In the same respect, Author Kat...

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As a teenager, her main goal than became, in her words, " I had to get the hell out of my mother's house. " I found it to be very note worthy and interesting that Johnson was one of the first black students to integrate Garrison Junior High; which at the time had only white students. ... I found it also interesting that at that time white students were permitted to attend "black " colleges and universities under what she referred to as, "the other race grant"". ... When asked why she chose this field, her response, I was touring different facilities that worked with special education ch...

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Games can provide a fun and social form of entertainment often encouraging teamwork and cooperation when played with others (Childnet International, 2011). ... There are 60 students from Sunway University in Selangor who took part in the survey. There are 31 male students and 29 female students who had answered the survey questions. ... Hsu and Lu (2007) note that male students tend to play more online games because they recognise the positive aspects in online gaming that female students do not recognize. ... It also proposes that male students tend to become more aggressive compared to femal...

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It means a lot when an instructor says to a frustrated female student, "I have done this. ... Those encouraging words can do so much to help fight the thought of "oh I can't do this, girls are bad at this anyways, I don't belong here." ... Without any previous knowledge of the job, how are the students supposed to know what it entails. ... Her and her classmates at Stanford University took a group of students from the science math, engineering, and technology majors and asked their opinions on two advertising video, unaware that they were being tested by their skin conductance and h...

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Affirmative action programs encouraging gender equality in academia must be improved. ... Turner claims that affirmative action programs that recruit black students contribute to "the significant number of black students dropping and failing out of colleges that they are unprepared to academically complete [Tur03].... Minority students are further disadvantaged when applying to college, because standardized test scores are biased against them. ... Affirmative action admission programs should be maintained, in order to account for the disadvantages that minority students are facing. Most ...

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Therefore, as a teacher, I would fully support, encourage, and participate in clubs and sports. ... In school, students come from many different backgrounds and family lives which may or may not affect not only their learning, but also their social interactions. ... Sax proves that girls are better at expressing their feelings than boys, I would not only try to take time to bring a student aside to see if they were having any problems, but I would also look for telltale signs of emotional distress so I would have a better idea of how students are doing without having to resort to words. ... Up...

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These assets are allocated to students not only as individuals, but also as members of groups. ... Therefore, the performance of male students in comparison to female students, has a strong relationship to their social and economic attainments when they leave the social institution of education. ... Therefore, education prepares students for the division of labour along traditional gender lines that are produced and reproduced through the operation of two distinct cultures: the masculine and the feminine. ... A research study on gender inequality in the educational system has social and ...

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Since 1980, there have been more female students enrolled in higher education institutions than men. ... Encouraging a healthier workplace that brings down the barriers that prevent it should be accomplished. For instance, in the U.S today, men make up only 42% of college students. ...

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Today, women make up 57% of all college students and more women than men receive their master's degrees. ... One of these is: "Expect girls to do well in math and science as boys, and encourage them to take the highest, hardest levels of math and science (531)."" If anything, female students should be give more of an opportunity to answer questions and do things for themselves. ...

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There is no excection for the "nontraditional" undergraduates (students older than 23), who are now making up almost half of the countries college students. ... Males do not have the intrest in drama, music, or speech as females do, and these clubs do not push the men away that come try out, they need them and encourage their particpation. ... But is this fair to the innocent students trying to make a career for themselves, whether it is on a field or in a classroom. ...

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After responding to her, she leads you to a room which has six other prospective students. ... Later on that day, you are informed that the other six people who were in the waiting room with you were asked to be students at that institution. ... A student can be rejected a chance to participate in a certain class or activity because of their gender or skin color. In Rich's essay, she tries to encourage the crowd, to which she is speaking, by saying how important it is to know that women are just as good as men and by telling them that they "[have] enormous potential, even if that pot...

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Kanovsky inadvertently leads a young male student to think he is not good at art. He drew a picture using black and did not emphasize people or warm colors like another female student. ... Kanovsky's training taught her to encourage the use of colors and drawing people in pictures. ...

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I recently learned that feminist psychology and feminism has every intention in progressing women's status in this world by educating citizens in third world countries, today's college students, and our nations youth. ... Questioning psychology's representation of women was very much a part of the more general questioning of women's place encouraged and led by women's liberation activists" The amount of biases against women and feminism was the "spark plug" that began the Association for women in psychology (AWP). ... By this, they also expect to end assumptions about ...

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However, UNICEF attempted to establish basic education for girls by encouraging community schools and distributing edukits. ... They can pass laws to protect students in schools, to establish more hospitals across the country to ensure medical access to remote villages and communities, and to enforce stricter laws to protect women. ...

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.: The school's student body is 67% female, but women constitute only 43% of its athletic program. ... Today, more girls are encouraged to participate in sports and other activities. ... Other benefits: Title IX requires the equal treatment of female and male student-athletes such as: equip, games, tutoring. ...

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The more that women represent strength on T.V. will also encourage them to build their self-confidence. ... Some teachers hold traditional gender stereotypes about their students" views of what is expected of them. ... Students self-consciously see themselves and define their roles by their teacher's expectations and behavior. ...

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During day hours Piper's is maintains a relaxed and quite atmosphere with the primary consumer being the residents of Antigonish over the student populous. ... Employees try to achieve managerial expectations by working hard at promoting and serving customers during nighttime operations in order to satisfy the student body, which populates the majority of the business during weekends. ... The nightlife typically revolves around the academic year of the university and the workload of the student populous as evident in their operating hours (The Piper's Pub, 1995). ...

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Title IX requires the equal treatment of female and male student-athletes such as equipment, games, tutoring. Today more girls are encouraged to participate in sports and activities. ... Decision making in schools and in the labor market that relies on gender to assess what students and employees know and are able to do is both archaic and ineffective. Today's female student -athletes have been fortunate enough to experience the whole of their athletic careers under a system that includes improvements in the overall quality of their sport as well as increased participation rates. ... Wom...

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Jess becomes friends with members of other oppressed groups, including and not limiting drag queens and Black students in her high school. ... Where as some groups and individuals activities are rewarded and encouraged, while others may be punished and suppressed If being butch threatened to move lesbianism in the direction of being identified as male then being feminisms would threaten to move lesbianism in the direction of heterosexual classified . ... Rationalized that this bodybuilding subculture, where flexing is encouraged and admired, is merely an avenue for the political flexing of l...

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In this study, it was observed that boys are encouraged to display relaxed conduct and avoid being reprimanded, whereas girls were often disciplined or corrected when exhibiting such loose behaviors. ... Bodily Instructions Teachers often instruct students to do certain things with their bodies, for example: "stop doing that", "don't hit him", "throw that away.... However, it is necessary to taper certain curriculums and adjust student-teacher interactions to slowly disseminate the underlying message of gender inequality. ...

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