gender and sexuality(RT)

 What role does gender and sexuality play in schooling? (RT)

The role that gender and sexuality play in schooling are when the identity of students in a classroom start to develop. Students always need to go use the bathroom and in every school there is a male and female bathroom. There is never an in between bathroom. Same goes for when a classroom is divided into groups for a class discussion or for a competition where you have girls versus boys. There is never an in between option with gender. Therefore, as children develop their identity, they will be developing their sexual identity; having to know which category they fall into. Society constructs many details that make up the category of what a male should be or look like and what a female should be or look like. Children start to fall into these categories from very young because of what they are exposed to.

The gender-role behavior of children seems to be strongly influenced by their identification with the males and females in their lives. All children pick up characteristics from the men and women around them, incorporating these traits into their own personalities and value systems. They are also influenced by television, sports heroes and adults in all other activities in their lives.

When it comes to schooling, gender comes into play when lessons in class are talking about human rights. Gender equality falls into that category. There would be conversations of how females did not have the right to vote at one point in time and comparing and contrasting those times with today's society. Gender and sexuality are very touchy topics to deal with in school because as a teacher or school administrator, you never want to offend any child.