Have you ever found yourself wondering why only the boys
ever play soccer during recess, or how girls are almost always called on when
the class needs mopping but not nearly as often when a question needs
answering? Have you heard teachers giving advice to students like “Girls,
you’ll have to take care of yourselves in the future because your husbands will
probably be unfaithful” or “Real men don’t cry”?
In honor of the upcoming Day of the Girl, here’s a workshop
designed by volunteers to address just those issues of how gender norms affect
the school environment. The charla has three objectives:
