Feminism

What do feminists say about education?

feminists see the education system

Heaton and Lawson

argued that the hidden curriculum taught patriarchal values in schools

Michelle Stanworth

noted that there will still be higher expectations of boys and teachers would be more likely to recommend boys apply for higher education than girls at the same academic level

Kat Banyard

research has also looked at sexual harassment in education and how it is not treated as seriously as other forms of bullying

Sue Sharpe

found that London schoolgirls in the 1970s had completely different priorities and aspirations from similar girls in 1996. she found that while in the 1970s girls priorities were marriage and family, in the 1990s this had switched dramatically to career