Reply #66: Sex Role Stereotypes in Education [View All]

[TrogL]

Taught by a shaved-head lesbian decades before this was anywheres near the norm.

Spent the first week on symbolic logic and logical fallacies.

Spent the rest of the course destroying everything anybody thought they knew about gender stereotypes.

One poor football player took it as an elective 'cause he thought it would be an easy course. He usually ended up in tears before class was over he was so frustrated.

Typical transaction -

Football player: Women belong in the kitchen.
Instructor: So why are most chefs men?

Football player: Men are better at business because they're more aggressive. Women negotiate.
Instructor: Management (and most of business) is the fine art of negotiating contracts or employee relations. Why aren't there more women managers?