Throughout history, there has not been equality within female and male teachers. The main issues being that males get paid more than females. It started with the roles women had of just doing domestic tasks and not having access to education. As roles changed, women were able to do more, however they were placed obstacles so it would be harder for them to achieve what they wanted. Males have always wanted to dominate and that's why they feared women being their equals. Men didn't believe women were capable of doing a mans job. They looked down on them, therefore didn't give them all the rights they deserved. Women are seen as soft and not educated enough to teach others the way a male is. Even though there are more female teachers today, there is a lot of criticism as to whether the children are actually learning, and if the teacher is qualified. Even thought things have changed for the better of women teachers, I think there will always be that mistrust from critics who think women are not worthy of teaching the future generation.
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ReplyDeleteWhat are your opinions about some of your comments about the mistrust of women teachers to actually do a good job?
In a way, I feel like the mistrust goes hand in hand with jealousy and gender roles. People don't think women are capable and that's why they always had the caring role. It is also that people believe women are capable, but that would give them too much power, and soon, they would be superior to which ever group is in power, like men. Its also that the standards are too high and it seems like the female teachers are failing, but they are just being thrown obstacles to make it seem like it.
DeleteHi Alexis! Thank you so much for sharing this graph it was very helpful to visualize this information. Sadly I agree that there will probably always be a mistrust in women in any career field, especially education since we are creating the future of our country. Great job!
ReplyDeleteI am a visual learner so being able to see the gender gap really helps me. Hopefully we are the change! The women who have already done so much for female teachers are astonishing, and I can't wait to see what else we can achieve.
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