We discussed it, I believe last week, how woman would be taken advantage of is certain areas; especially with those dealing with cars. I myself am very embarrassed to say that I was charged THIRTY DOLLARS to have a knick repaired in my windshield. When I went to have it taken care of the man LITTERALLY looked me up and down and gave me the price!! Another time also had to do with my car. I was getting a tired replaced and them men at shop tried to tell me all these other things that were wrong. I told them that I would take it into consideration about the repairs and have them looked at later on... There was nothing wrong with my car.
Yesterday we talked about the education system and differences between boys and girls. I also went to a very small school where I had the same teachers as my older siblings. Luckily for me the faculty was not very discriminatory. Yah there were considered differences between boys and girls but from what I had found and looking back now we were treated fairly. In high school that was not the case. Male teachers, most of them athletic coaches treated the "pretty" girls with special attention. (yes, I went to one of those types of schools) The boys in athletics were also given lead way. If you weren't an athlete then there wasn't too much you could do in those classes.
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That is so true about athletes. I had my coaches all through high school and i never learned a thing in history. I didnt always make the grades i needed but my teachers kept me eligible. As far as treating girls with special attention, i never noticed it. My coaches wanted us to focus on football and nothing else. Didnt want to see us hanging around females in the hallway, wanted us to get straight to class and as soon as school was out run to practice. That was my high school life. It was a small town so football was the main attraction and the stands packed out every friday night. So for me the teachers/coaches paid more attention to the male athletes in class.
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