title: Sex roles and schooling or "see Janet suffer, see John suffer too".
abstract: This article documents the rapid growth in research on sex roles in schools, outlines some of its shortcomings and offers some guidelines for improving it. Central to the article is a conviction that too much gender stereotyping goes on in schools and that it harms both sexes. Topics covered include inequalities of teacher-pupil contacts, sex education and the relations between sex roles and subject choice in secondary schools.
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D002648:Child; D003267:Contraception; D005260:Female; D005783:Gender Identity; D006801:Humans; D007062:Identification, Psychological; D007360:Intelligence; D008297:Male; D012574:Schools; D012725:Sexual Behavior; D012930:Social Dominance; D013240:Stereotyping; D013663:Teaching; D013997:Time Factors