Kumar, Sunil
(2020)
The second sex? : a conversation on gender in a rural classroom.
Learning Curve (7).
pp. 99-100.
ISSN 2582-1644
Abstract
Being a social science teacher in a class of students
where 19 out of the 30 students are female, this
topic was certainly not an easy one to deal with.
Children in the class also come from different socio-
economic backgrounds. While teaching the chapter
‘Society and Role of Women’ to class VII, the
children would be reminded of many experiences
they live with and endure every day in their homes.
Patriarchy still reigns supreme in their households.
Many differences can be seen in the way boys and
girls are brought up, such as the practice of sending
the male child to a private, English-medium school
while the girl child is sent to a government school.
The children were soon to become very aware of
many other forms and modes of discrimination.
The first day of my plan for this topic began with a
discussion on gender roles. The children were asked
to list the tasks and roles that men and women take
up in the village and the society at large. All children
were a part of this discussion.
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