3). Many times women are taught to grow up and act feminine as well as take on the many roles that are falsely identified with females. In our society it is believed that women's roles or actions are determined by biology and cannot be changed (Sapiro, 74).Sigmund Freud believed that human personalities are not sex differentiated at the time of birth. He said that females and males are born essentially bisexual and undifferentiated. Young children learn to act feminine or masculine from their parents as well as the society that surrounds them. If a young girl were to grow up in a neutral setting, she would in return develop masculine as well as feminine traits (Sapiro, 80).Education has been a central focus of women seeking to improve their condition and raise their status for well over two centuries (Sapiro, 105). It wasn't until 1972 that the U.S. government made a statement that supported education and forbade discrimination. Reviews show that text books from the first grade level to college are biased. Many times women are shown negatively or used as sex objects in illustrations and examples. Research suggests that women do not get the fullest opportunity possible to get the education that men do. Women are still tracked to into areas that are supposed to be compatible with the roles of wife and mother. In addition, schools play a role in tracking women to jobs with lower status than men. Men are continually getting better jobs and more pay for the same amount of education, and therefore they are achieving higher social status for the same education (Sapiro, 118).Children also learn at a very young age that certain subjects are masculine while others are seen as more feminine. One study found that adolescent girls refrain from studying mathematics because they think boys don't like girls who are good in math. Many times girls do poorly in math because they feel that it is a masculine subject, and they lack confidence i...
