Women and Education
Women and Education: Granting women and men equal access to education in light of the Fourteenth Amendment’s pledge of equal protection. Though taken for granted by many, co-sex educational institutions for higher learning are really just recent occurrences. For the most part, colleges and universities, particularly elite ones, taught either men or women. The reasons for this separation date back to early American history, when a woman’s place was seen as “ in the home.” In addition, education was seen, though ridiculously, as having detrimental effects on the woman. Some of these ludicrous, yet back then “scientific” beliefs, included that women’s brains were smaller than men’s were therefore, making them “less capable of academic learning.” It was also said that if women utilized their brains at the time of their adolescent years, then their reproductive organs would not develop correctly causing possible sterility. Motherhood has always been seen as a strong link for women to their personal identities. Therefore, the greatest oppression would be to threaten its existence. Having to be a mother is a role traditionally defined by society for women; “Most women long for children, even
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Approximate Word count = 2630
Approximate Pages = 11 (250 words per page double spaced)
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