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This was already a commonplace occurrence in my own school days -- especially in the middle grades. It's nice to see someone finally willing to study it.
by codefreeordie 4y ago
This was already a commonplace occurrence in my own school days -- especially in the middle grades. It's nice to see someone finally willing to study it.
- adrian_b 4y agoI was also commonplace when I was in school, especially in the elementary school, much less in the high school. However, I believe that this bias was not caused directly by the gender, but mostly indirectly. The girls had a much more submissive behavior towards the teachers than the boys, who did what they were told to do by the teachers mostly only when they feared that they would be caught otherwise. Most teachers were biased into giving better grades to those who were perceived to have better behavior, than to those who were perceived to be problematic, even when the latter demonstrated better knowledge of the taught subjects.
- cafard 4y agoIn the 1960s and 1970s, it seemed to me that there was an implicit bargain: girls would shine and boys be put upon through the elementary grades. In the secondary grades, girls would feel peer pressure to fall back.