Gender Discrimination In Single-Sex Schools

Single-sex schools are schools that only allow a single gender to be educated there. They either consist of only girls or only boys, though many people argue that these types of schools are beneficial to the students, there are harmful consequences that come from these schools. Single-sex schools can promote gender stereotypes and gender discrimination. Separating students by gender can make gender seem extremely notable and important to the students. This mindset of gender notability and importance can reinforce gender stereotypes and sexism (Richard Fabes, author of the Science article and director of the School of Social and Family Dynamics in ASU 's College of Liberal Arts and Sciences). By separating by gender, young students notice the

However, single-sex schools hold no academic advantages over their coed analogue. It is easy to see why people may believe that the differences in male and female brains might be a reason as to why single-sex education would be good for the students, as the teachers might be able to focus their learning to the differences in the brains of the students. Although it is true that females and males learn differently, learning together can benefit the students more as they are exposed to other various styles of learning that their peers might have and can learn from each other (Web M.D.) Moreover, the achievement difference when comparing single-sex to coed schools is little to non existent (American Psychological Association). These schools can’t help students learn anymore than a coed school can. The lack of achievement gap does nothing to outweigh the negative consequences that comes with same-sex schools and further shows how single-sex schools hold no academic advantages over their coed analogue. This also shows how coed schools can even be inferior due to the lack of interaction with the other gender. Furthermore, the single-sex schools that are producing a superior education to some coed schools are subject to other variables other than the fact that they only allow one gender (Diane F. Halpern, PhD, a psychology professor at Claremont McKenna College). The outcome of these schools cannot be only held accountable for the fact that they are single sex schools when other changes are happening too, such as keeping classes small. These other variables can be applied to coed schools to improve the education of students without negative consequences. Though there are differences in the male and female brains, coed schools are more beneficial to the students