How Gender can Affect Teaching Positions

 

The presence of a gender gap is not something that is new to our society, the fact that men get paid more than women has been proven to be true since the early 1970s. This payment gap began because when women decided that they wanted to do more with their lives than just stay at home cooking and cleaning, rather they wanted to make a difference in our society by pursuing professions like teaching. The gaps formed because at the time women were less qualified and had fewer educational opportunities than men so naturally women earned less money. In the educational system, there are on average more female teachers than males but this gap is still present. There was a lot of speculation behind female teachers when women started teaching on rather they should be qualified to teach the children, because of the fact that historically women are offered fewer educational opportunities than men and how could a teacher feel comfortable with their child learning from a woman if they have this belief that women are less than. Even though over time women have been able to debunk these outdated ways of thinking there will most likely always be a stereotype placed on female teachers no matter how qualified they are. 

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  1. JadynSeptember 10, 2021 at 1:08 PM

    Hey Brooke!
    I love that you included the history of payment gaps in genders, it is a very important part of history and it is something that should be talked about. I also agree that there will always be a stereotype placed on women, despite the qualifications they may have. I think it is also important to talk about the struggles that genders other than female and male encounter while teaching. Since we live in a time where people are finally becoming more accepting of all genders on the spectrum, we have to try to understand the things they go through as well. I quite enjoyed reading your blog, I hope to hear more from you soon!

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  2. Pogue's PlaygroundSeptember 10, 2021 at 7:34 PM

    Hi Brooke!
    Although I am proud of how far we have come as a society in regard to gender equality, I am glad you discussed the payment gap between men and women that we have seen for years. I think it is an issue that has gone unaddressed for a long time, and it is really frustrating to see still happening to this day. I want to believe that we have come so far, but sometimes it feels as though women are still fighting to be seen as equal to their male counterparts. With that being said, I would have to agree that there will always be negative stereotypes placed on women in the work place, especially in the education field.

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  3. KadySeptember 12, 2021 at 11:56 AM

    Hi Brooke!
    We have made great progress in society when it comes to gender inequality, and you discussed very good points. Although, I think men getting paid more than women has been proven long before the 1970s, that was just when it was finally addressed by Congress. I like how you stated it started when women decided they didn't just want to sit home cooking and cleaning all day, I feel like that's something that still goes through many women's minds today. I saw it first hand in my own household growing up, my dad didn't want my mom to work. He instead wanted her to stay home and take care of me and my siblings and have dinner ready when he got home from work. In his eyes, he thought he was doing the courteous thing, but I feel like he was hindering her possible potential. My mom is not bitter about the situation and instead uses it as an example for me and my siblings, especially my brothers.

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