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Hidden Lessons By Myra Sadker

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Hidden Lessons in Society
The school system teaches girls from a young age that they are less than boys, but it is subtle and overlooked. Myra Sadker argues in “Hidden Lessons” that gender bias in classrooms influences young girls' social development. Thus, leaving “their gifts lost to society” (Sadker 56). Solely blames the education system for the damage of teaching sexism to children. Gender bias is more than simply the school system and influences society entirely.
Schools have mistreated women for millennia; it is not a new subject. In the 1800s when women would only finish primary school if they went to school at all. Carrying on to the 19th century when women would develop careers and start families; Moreover, working a second full-time …show more content…

Children may begin their days with their mom cooking breakfast while their dad reads the daily paper. The stereotypical picture may not be the case, but it is a standard picture shown in books, television, or ideals. Society expects women to care for their families while the father remains the head of the home. The idealistic nuclear family is still a part of the expectations of society. The sexism in the classroom starts in the children’s homes.
Sexism in education is a part of the workplace of the school system as well. Employers marginalize female teachers and scrutinize them by the community. The way schools treat the teachers could affect how teachers treat their students. Sexism is in every aspect of the school system and every workplace as a whole. Socially sexism is an accepted social norm leading to the issues it may cause by overlooking sexism. Women have lower self-esteem and lower academic levels, as Sadker notices in the school system of “Hidden …show more content…

After looking over the tape, they could not see the sexism in the teacher’s teaching, “there is no bias in her teaching” (58). However, looking further, they noticed the teacher interacts with the boys more than the girls, turning the girls into a “passive audience,” as Sadker defines it (57). Ordinarily, society teaches women to sit still and keep quiet, or they are misbehaving and too talkative, while when boys do the same behaviors, they are just being boys. Sexism is a small detail that society ingrains in people at a young

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