Gender & Education

In Julia Wood's Gendered Lives, she writes about an issue in education today: single-sex education. The idea of single-sex education is that boys and girls in grade school should be seperated in different schools to focus on individual needs of each sex. There are both advantages and disadvantages to single sex education. However, there are some unresolved issues on this topic, such as intersexed, questioning, or transgendered children.
In my own college classes, I don't see any type of sexual discrimination that goes on in my classes. In a couple of my classes, we do have many more females than males in the class and if anything, my professors make sre that their voices are heard as well, because they tend to be quieter in those classes. Overall, I do feel like girls are at an advantage in school. Like I mentioned in class, I never noticed that boys were at a disadvantage because as a female, I have always been at an advantage.

CCASA and the Community

CCASA is the Colorado Coalition Against Sexual Assault. In the community, CCASA organizes various events, many of which are in April, which is Sexual Assault Awareness Month. Along with the events, they have various resources in their survivor handbook, which is called Toward Healing & Justice. Within the handbok, there is a thorough explanation of sexual assault, the causes, how to heal, and the steps that can be taken involving law enforcement. To me, this is the most valuable resource that CCASA offers the community as a whole. An alarming 60% of sexual assault goes unreported. Most of the resources in the handbook offer therapeutic and confidential services. I would have to spend more time with this organization to be able to tell what they could do better. But what I have seen so far from CCASA in the community is beneficial.


For more information about CCASA visit: http://www.ccasa.org/whoweare/index.cfm