Sexism_In_The_Classroom

Sexism In The Classroom Sexism in the Classroom In their article "Sexism in the Classroom", Myra and David Sadker argue that sexism exists in the classroom and that boys are treated better than girls. The authors, Myra and David Sadker, talk about the research they did and what they observed over a three year period. They found that boys have a better opportunity of learning because they got more attention from the teacher and they observed that boys were often called on more than girls in the classroom. Their research also showed that the teacher gave boys more positive comments. Before I read this article I honestly never thought about sexism in the classroom. I believed boys and girls were given the same amount of attention in school. If I had thought there was sexism in the classroom, I would have guessed that girls were being favored over boys. In all of my classes in high school and in college I believe that females and males have been treated equally. This past week I observed my Spanish class to see if sexism exists in my classroom. The ratio of girls to boys in this class is 12 to 7. I observed that girls were called on sexism, class, girls, classroom, boys, article, often, teacher, observed, week, thought, spanish, school, sadker, positive, myra, gave, david, called, believe, attention, way, treated, towards, think, teacher’s, teachers, students, sat, same, sadkers’, room, research, reason, reading, put