Talking point #9

"School Girls" by Peggy Orenstein

Premise:
-gender
-students
-teachers
-community
-inequalities
-education
-families
-occupation
-schooling
-opportunites
-self esteem

Authors Argument:
Orenstein argues that all students should be taught the same no matter what their gender is.

Evidence:
"Curriculum should be both a window and a mirror for students , that they should be able to look into other's worlds, but also see the experiences of their own race, gender, and class reflected in what they learn."

"It disturbed me that although girls were willing to see men as heroes, non of the boys would see women that way"

"Sexual harassment is part of the hidden curriculum for girls, and for boys, too, because they learn whether it has anything to do with them or not"

Comments:
This was a really easy piece to read. It was very interesting to see how much everthing is referred to masculine. It was almost like we have been blind to it our whole lives. Women should not be silent and we need to stand up for our rights.