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Originally posted by valkyrie
IowaHawkeye, I hear what you're saying, but I'm very troubled by the fact that society is getting to the point where there seems to be a "need" for single sex education to obtain all the benefits that come from attending a single sex school. Why do girls in single sex educational settings have higher self esteem and do better on tests? I would rather figure that out and address it than separate boys from girls in schools. I think that the *why* is VERY important here. What is going wrong for girls in our school system? Can't we fix it?
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I was thinking the same thing. It is true that most girls do better in single sex settings. The question is why? I think we all know the answer.
The problem goes deeper, it is how we are socialized to act around the opposite sex. IMO having single gender classes and schools are just treating the symptoms, not the underlying problem.
I'm not saying that it is all bad, but I don't think it is a magic bullet.
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