gender gaps in education -- EDPR 7/8112 Adolescence Sec. 001 0500-0800 R

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Date Posted: 15:16:59 03/28/07 Wed
Author: Jessica Roesch
Subject: gender gaps in education

We always hear about how girls in different parts of the world are resricted from the same types of priveledges as males, but reading about the statistics concerning education presented in the text really struck me. Authors describe that by age 18, girls have received, on average, 4.4 years less education than boys have (p.187).
A four and a half year difference in educational attainment is huge. such a limited education compared to male counterparts prevents these girls from gaining positions of power in society. Growing up in the United States, i've taken the power that my education has provided me for granted. We can see from this gender difference in many less developed countires, which happens early on in life, how males come to almost complete control political and religious functions.

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[> Re: gender gaps in education -- Emily Clark, 04:45:51 03/29/07 Thu

I also can't help but wonder if the difficulty in moving up the social ladder that some women may experience is due not only to the gaps in educational attainment, but also to sexism. The book focuses more on the educational differences, as it is an adolescent psychology book, but I'm sure we all know there is never one right or wrong answer. The statistics seem pretty depressing though. As a female, I never felt like I received a lower quality education. Maybe this is because I always pushed myself pretty hard in school, but perhaps there were subtle differences that I did not notice at the time.

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