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Kathryn

Discrimination against girls?

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I'm doing my research into specialist AS schools and colleges at secondary level. There are very few of these anyway, but it has struck me that within a reasonable distance from us there are at least three which only accept boys, and so the choices for my daughter are restricted even further.

 

I know girls are outnumbered by boys 10 to 1 but why can't such places accept girls too? My daughter wouldn't be bothered by being in the minority: she has said so. She has never identified with typical girl pursuits anyway and she is more interested in traditionally "male" pursuits such as physics and the inner workings of engines. Surely these schools, which aim to enable adolescents with AS to interact socially would gain from having the occasional girl around?

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How odd!

I can think of a number of reasons for this, but they're all to do with making the school's life easier rather than the children's... :angry:

I think this is one for you to get assertive about, Katherine! Phone 'em up (AND the LEA!) and ask 'em.

Keep us posted... :D

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My son's specialist AS school does take girls and boys, and it was one of the things I wanted for my son (they have problems relating to girls anyway, so I wanted him to have some practice!). They have just started having mixed housebases too, and that seems to be working well.

 

Karen

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I agree with all that has been said in here, dunno about the "I see no difference" though, thinking that there have to be both sexes in a school is kind of discrimination in itself, since many girls think like the stereotyped "typical male" and vice versa. However, yeah, the fact remains that there is not just one gender on this planet, so it isn't totally discriminatory.

 

 

Good luck anyway! :D

 

 

I sometimes wish I had gone to one of those schools because I'd probably be the most normal one there, but I guess I'm just a snob that wants to feel superior to everyone instead of inferior. (And I still wouldn't be superior overall, just in one way!) :lol:

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