Ways Coeducation Hurts Girls
Ways Coeducation Hurts Girls
Sep 28 2025, 3:19 PM
(Sep 22 2025, 6:26 PM)taterofdefiance I rarely post here, but this is an interesting subject for me because I've spent a huge portion of my adult life working in education especially with adolescents described by others as 'challenging', meaning I often worked with the kids that others did not want to work with.
I do see the appeal of single sex education. Academically, it is great for girls. And I think there can be positives socially, but unless you are planning to go the separatist route fully, eventually girls are going to have to deal with boys, and the question becomes when and how are you going to do this. Ideally, I wish public education lent itself more to creative solutions because I absolutely do think that girls thrive academically in single sex spaces and getting to experience hobbies and sports without boys around can also be helpful, but I think there are also benefits to experiencing those hobbies and sports in a mixed environment, but from my own observations that varies by age and the student's personality.
I certainly don't have the answers. I can say that I know it is the boys that expose the girls to porn at ridiculously young ages (I've had 10-years-olds get in trouble for showing porn on the school bus!). I've seen the damage to girls' self-esteem and I agree that singe sex education can be helpful, but it is definitely not a cure-all.
I think grade school is the most important to be single sex, including teachers and staff. build girls confidence early. High school should be separate as well, as puberty is very distracting. In post secondary, schools can be mixed as by then a solid foundation and importance of education should be there
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Sep 28 2025, 3:19 PM #11(Sep 22 2025, 6:26 PM)taterofdefiance I rarely post here, but this is an interesting subject for me because I've spent a huge portion of my adult life working in education especially with adolescents described by others as 'challenging', meaning I often worked with the kids that others did not want to work with.
I do see the appeal of single sex education. Academically, it is great for girls. And I think there can be positives socially, but unless you are planning to go the separatist route fully, eventually girls are going to have to deal with boys, and the question becomes when and how are you going to do this. Ideally, I wish public education lent itself more to creative solutions because I absolutely do think that girls thrive academically in single sex spaces and getting to experience hobbies and sports without boys around can also be helpful, but I think there are also benefits to experiencing those hobbies and sports in a mixed environment, but from my own observations that varies by age and the student's personality.
I certainly don't have the answers. I can say that I know it is the boys that expose the girls to porn at ridiculously young ages (I've had 10-years-olds get in trouble for showing porn on the school bus!). I've seen the damage to girls' self-esteem and I agree that singe sex education can be helpful, but it is definitely not a cure-all.
I think grade school is the most important to be single sex, including teachers and staff. build girls confidence early. High school should be separate as well, as puberty is very distracting. In post secondary, schools can be mixed as by then a solid foundation and importance of education should be there