Re: Racism, Equity, and Single Sex Schooling

Guy Giffard (giffard@math.uqam.ca)
Wed, 22 Apr 1998 03:17:42 -0400 (EDT)


> Have we proceeded far enough along the path of equity to take the next
> big step: making sure that coed education works for girls at least as
> well as it works for boys, as well for students of color as for white
> students?
> Linda Purrington
> Title IX Advocates
> lpurring@earthlink.net
>

I couldn't help notice one thing: you want to make sure that coed
education works for girls AT LEAST as well as it works for boys.
What if it was discovered that it works BETTER for girls than for boys?

For instance, maybe what we call education has something to do with
the fact that men live several years less than women. Boys are
brainwashed into thinking that they must support their wife, even
if they must risk their life in the process. (About ninety five
percent of those who die in work related accidents are men.)

How many girls are brainwashed into thinking that they will have
to support their husband?

If we want to make sure that the education system works equally well
for both sexes, we have to teach every boy that he won't have to
support his future wife any more than she will have to support him.

Guy Giffard
giffard@math.uqam.ca


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