The question I decided to research is " Does sexism affect a student's academic performance or the student in general?". I feel that sexism can not only affect your marks but your social life with different people, as you may act differently with them. Most research states that women are most victims of sexism but that is not the case in this research. Men are affected as well. I feel that there is no positive side to sexism, so I decided to research all the negative sides to sexism.
The objective of this article's study was to identify gender issues in the academic performance of boys and girls during a physics class in a laboratory. Investigated and written by Carlos Villani ,boys appeared to be determined to impose their will and defend their masculine identity, even at the cost of academic failure. Girls seemed to seek the approval of the teacher, and needed more affirmation for their work. This article related back to my question because these specific characteristics girls and boys both have can be shown as girl's doing better academically than boys due to sexism.
This second article explains how students affected by sexism act. It touches up upon the fact that gender biased behaviour is shown by students, connecting to their emotion reactions, levels of distractions and performance in class work. This answers my question by proving that the student her/him self is showing a difference in behaviour, as well as school work.
This article written by Daniel Myers from the University of Winconsin is basically a study that took place in single sex schools. Overall, the results showed that the severest forms of sexism were in an all boy’s school. This resulted in bad behaviour at school and home, as well as low marks, which again answers my question. This article proves that sexism shown in a classroom, can lead to more problems.
Basically, this article composed by Mavis Sanders from The John Hopkins University compares how both racism and gender discrimination have resulted in students marks decreasing which has developed to some students withdrawing from school due to the stress of their marks. This article does more than answer my question because it explains the extent of sexism. Studies show that, students who are victims of sexism get lower marks because they cannot concentrate, and catch themselves being distracted easily by anything as simple as a action or comment.
In my last article by Sandra L, all third year students were given an anonymous questionnaire asking whether gender had a positive, negative, neutral effect on their learning experience. 78% of the men felt gender negatively affected their learning experience while 67% of women felt gender had a positive effect. This relates to my question by showing that men were still affected in the process of their education.
Overall, based on all the information i gathered. All five of my article's indicate that sexism does in fact affect a student. Some of the studies showed that males were affected more than females which might suprise some people because they are somehow told by society and the media, that the victims of sexism are mostly women.
These articles also proved that the affect of sexism has shown a difference in behaviour for some students. In conlusion, the act of sexism affects both male anf female students in ways more than one.
Sexism in Single Sex Secondary School By: Valerie E Lee, Helen. M. Marks, Tina Byrd, University Of Michigan, Vol. 67, Issue. 4, pg.92-120
The Impact of Perceived Gender Bias on Obstetrics and Gynecology Skills Acquisition by Third- Year Medical Students By: Sandra L. 2004
Sexism In Graduate School Classrooms.By: Daniel J Myers, Kimberly B. Dugon 2011, University Wisconsin, The Ohio State University
Overcoming Obstacles: Academic Achievements a Response To Racism and DiscriminationBy: Mavis G. Sanders, The Johns Hopkins University, Vol. 66, Issue. 1, pg
Exploring Modes of Communication among pupils in Brazil: Gender Issues in Academic Performance. By: Carlos E.Villani, Silvania S. do Nascimneto, 2008, Vol.20 Issue. 4, pg.397-398
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