Material World... Material Girl

Gender bias materials may not be something you've ever considered in the classroom. Why is that? Here, you can find an article about the topic. I think the difference in gender is definitely a clear issue. What person wants a difference in treatment for people who are different? When it comes to education, there should be non. I find it ironic, however, that our education system has overwhelmingly included female teachers since the beginning of time, yet there is debate on such an issue. The writer of this article says, "Gender bias in education is an insidious problem that causes very few people to stand up and take notice. The victims of this bias have been trained through years of schooling to be silent and passive, and are therefore unwilling to stand up and make noise about the unfair treatment they are receiving." If that is the case, why do we see an large group of boys not finding success in the public school system? How could an overwhelming majority of female teachers allow such a thing to take place in so many classrooms in America generation after generation?

The reason why this hasn't been an issue is because it's not enough of an issue to really invest valuable time. So we have a few extra sentences awarded to men and hunting as opposed to traditional women's activities? It's history. Seriously, it's history. If we want to rewrite history books, that would be great. Every minority group and political group will want a hand in rewriting books that many do not even subscribe to already. Isn't it just a waste of time?

What about moving forward and being clear to change history books when there is evidence and proof to do so with facts. Shouldn't education leaders move forward and ensure that all literature is written fair and balanced with no bias information? Can we realize that part of world history and even current events include injustices? Women have made great strides in America to be in the positions they are today. I applaud that. Women today are writing their history books for the future. I would be surprised to find any literature currently in print today that wouldn't include equal if not more female representation. I hope that our books we use could use unbiased information in many areas not only gender.

I agree that there needs to be unbiased materials available to students. My question is, at what expense do we include information? Does that mean we have to erase and decide what history or discovery is not valued enough to go to print as opposed to a woman's historical discovery? Will our textbooks just include the information and expand upon themselves, or delete? My thought is that they will save cost and delete. One bias they tend to have no problem saving ink about is the "theory" of evolution. It's printed as a fact more often than not. I don't have a problem with facts, but I do have a problem with a small group deciding what will be included in textbooks.