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Is this your first time reading Feminist Fact Friday? Read up on what this is all about in my Introduction to #FFF and view the rest of the articles in the category here. In the introduction to this month’s theme (EDUCATION) I quoted the NEU: In all state funded primary and nursery schools, 14% of all teachers are men,… Continue reading
New to Feminist Fact Friday? Read up on what this is all about in my Introduction to #FFF and view the rest of the articles in the category here. This week is the first post for this month’s EDUCATION theme, following a look at EARLY YEARS in October. Depending on the theme I often organise my posts into a… Continue reading
Last month I focused on EARLY YEARS, going from the unpaid childcare women overwhelming provide, through to how early children’s dreams are snuffed out and ending with the correlation between rigid gendered beliefs and coercive or violent behaviour in young men. The more you read in this area, the clearer it becomes just how socialised… Continue reading
Our society teaches children expectations and rules about gender that restrict their opportunities and cause real harm. Those rules damage the self-esteem and wellbeing of each generation, and they lie behind the gender pay gap, the harm caused to men by toxic masculinity, and violence against women and girls. Fawcett Society Gender Stereotypes in Early… Continue reading