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The Women's Educational Equity Act authorizes grants “…to develop nonsexist curricula, personnel training programs, and vocational and career counseling.” In addition to these grants, the improvement of physical education programs is also included. These funds helped education facilities to meet the requirements of Title IX. [2]
On average, girls perform significantly better in school and earn better grades. [1] But, girls and boys do have different strengths. On average, girls perform better in writing and boys are ahead of girls in mathematics. [2] Men and women workers in the United States have the same mean numbers of years of education which is 12.2 years. [3]
Gender sensitivity is the process by which people are made aware of how gender plays a role in life through their treatment of others. [1] Gender relations are present in all institutions worldwide and gender sensitivity especially manifests in recognizing privilege and discrimination around gender; women are generally seen as disadvantaged in society.
This omission is highly problematic and should be addressed by curriculum designers of TEIs. It is important that gender equality issues are part of the curriculum in order to help future teachers to be more sensitive about gender equality issues. Thus when they become teachers, they can become agents of change in their schools. [1]
The gender gap in mathematics is particularly large among the highest-achieving students; for example, there is a 2.1 to 1 male-female ratio among students who score an 800 on the math portion of the SAT. [21] At least one study has challenged the existence of the gender gap in mathematics.
Sexism can affect anyone, but primarily affects women and girls. [1] It has been linked to gender roles and stereotypes, [2] [3] and may include the belief that one sex or gender is intrinsically superior to another. [4] Extreme sexism may foster sexual harassment, rape, and other forms of sexual violence.
The new law shields teachers from retaliation for supporting transgender students and prohibits school policies that require "forced disclosure" of youth gender decisions to their families.
Gender sensitization is the process teaching of gender sensitivity and encouragement of behavior modification through raising awareness of gender equality concerns. [1] In other words, it is the process of making people aware of gender equality or the lack of to the need to eliminate gender discrimination .