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The Effects Of Sex And Gender On People's Access To Education

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The biggest thing that we, as Americans, take for granted is our access to education. In many countries, education is considered a privilege. But, what is education? “Education is a group’s formal system of teaching knowledge, values, and skills. […] It was intended to develop the mind” (Henslin 495). Many different factors can influence one’s access to their education including their sex, gender, and social class. Around the world, sex and gender affects different people’s access to education. Sex is the “biological characteristics that distinguish females and males,” whereas gender is “the behaviors and attitudes that a society considers proper for its males and females” (Henslin 296). Typically, women are discriminated against in regard
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