If teachers realize that they cause problems with gender roles, they should go out of their way to make sure the problem is solved. The website says, "Gender bias in education is an insidious problem that causes very few people to stand up and take notice." This means that if gender roles are causing so many problems, someone needs to stand up and say what they feel. Being noble leaders, The teachers should definitely stand up and speak their minds.
The people higher than the teachers, the ones who should be lifting up our students, should help out with this issue as well. The website said, "Departments of education should be providing mandatory gender-equity resource modules to in-service teachers..." This simply means that the teachers should not work alone. The people who are above them should be working on the issue as well, trying to be problem solvers.
Someone needs to make sure that every teacher knows about the gender role problem in our schools. The website states, "..teachers need to be aware of the gender bias.." If no one brings it to their attention, how could they fix it? No one can fix a problem, if they are not aware.
I watched a movie called "Paradise" recently, and the main character Lamb could not go to college because of how her community thought of the women. She was not happy with how she grew up and now she could not pursue her dreams because how women were portrayed.
Boys and girls everywhere are being put down in their school settings. That is where the journey should begin and not end. It should not matter what a persons gender is. Everyone should have their shot, starting with our schools.
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