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  2. Sex differences in education in the United States - Wikipedia

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    Firstly, people are more likely to find a job through same-gender contacts (about 65%), most of which are found through social functions that are already segregated by sex. Gender norms influence this networking process as well. Certain jobs are commonly perceived as only being fit for one gender.

  3. Women in chess - Wikipedia

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    With respect to gender, chess tournaments can be classified as either open or women's tournaments. [a] Women can choose to compete in either open or women's tournaments. In practice, most if not all female players play a mix of both. The fraction of participants who are women can vary considerably depending on the type of tournament.

  4. Sex segregation - Wikipedia

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    In Iran; Apart from bakeries, mosques, schools, libraries, music concerts, public transport and many other places are sex segregated. See also: Sex and gender distinction and Gender apartheid The term "sex" in "sex segregation" refers to the biological distinctions between men and women, used in contrast to " gender ". [ 3 ]

  5. School segregation in the United States - Wikipedia

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    States and school districts did little to reduce segregation, and schools remained almost completely segregated until 1968, after Congressional passage of civil rights legislation. [29] In response to pressures to desegregate in the public school system, some white communities started private segregated schools, but rulings in Green v.

  6. Chess - Wikipedia

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    More recent research has focused on chess as mental training; the respective roles of knowledge and look-ahead search; brain imaging studies of chess masters and novices; blindfold chess; the role of personality and intelligence in chess skill; gender differences; and computational models of chess expertise. The role of practice and talent in ...

  7. House clears bill banning transgender women from girls’ sports

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    Roughly 3% of high school students in the US classify themselves as transgender, per data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Greg Steube had sponsored the bill in the House. The ...

  8. History of African-American education - Wikipedia

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    The Virginia Constitution of 1870 mandated a system of public education for the first time, but the newly established schools were operated on a segregated basis. In these early schools, which were mostly rural, as was characteristic of the South, classes were most often taught by a single teacher, who taught all subjects, ages, and grades.

  9. Roberts v. City of Boston - Wikipedia

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    She was enrolled in Abiel Smith School, an underfunded all-black common school, far from her home in Boston, Massachusetts. [1] Her father, Benjamin F. Roberts, also African-American, attempted to enroll her at closer, whites-only schools. After Sarah Roberts was denied on the basis of her race, and was physically removed from one school, her ...