How Does Gender Affect the Teaching Profession?
For as long as we can remember, sexism has always been problem. Women have been fighting for equality for so long especially when it comes to equal pay. Women are also held to higher standards than men when it comes to how to act and dress while men get more freedom in the same areas. Women used to not be able to get married or have a social life if they were a teacher. Of course that doesn't still apply to today but the fact that it ever did still left that hint of sexism into today's society where a male teacher would get paid more than a woman. Women were expected to be mother figures in the classroom but they weren't treated right and were still expected to stay in their position. Although things are much different now, gender still has a huge impact on the teaching profession.
Gender doesn't just affect teachers directly, it can affect students as well. People are more commonly discovering themselves and who they really are, some kids are still figuring it out. While this is relatively new to some people, as an educator it's important to normalize and teach about the different genders and those who don't identify with one. Acceptance and equality is important, just like I discussed about men and women, but this also applies to those who don't identify with "male" or "female" and if taught correctly, the students will learn from an early age how to understand it and respect it.
Hi Alyssa! I can wholeheartedly agree with you on your stance. I love how in this blog as opposed to many of the others I read, you mentioned how gender inequality doesn't only affect the teachers themselves, but the students! It is so important that students in our desired profession come first. I think that gender inequality or any type of inequality in general does affect the students; if you consider the fact that half of the students in school are female, of different race, sexuality, gender, etc., it really makes you wonder why it matters so much to portray equality to students. . . It is simply because we are role models to them. If we or anyone else decides to show their avid sexism towards female teachers, or racism to fellow coworkers, then what example is that to our students? Definitely not a good one. . . We as women are capable of so much more than we were originally thought of to be. Great post! :)
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