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Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
CStamp ("Carolyn") wrote:
@atomicpoet I still remember a school that forced girls into home-ec and boys into shop.
I also remember a girl who got mostly As getting a C in physics, but shrugging it off, "it's a boy's subject anyway."
I also remember boys telling me I got good marks on tests because I was "lucky," but when they did it, they were just smarter.
It's a complex thing. But dismantling means taking it back down to the beginning and having teachers who don't project onto students and watch out for this stuff