The process has started and I’m already stuck.
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I’ve begun researching for my CTW project, trying to find a way to “enter the conversation” about women’s inequality at the college level. Although I started to find sources relating to my topic, I felt that there wasn’t enough to talk about. I initially wanted to compare feminist publications from the 1960s to today, however, the online database only had sources up to the 1980s. It was time to change my approach.
When I was still researching for my old topic, I came across an article about gender inequality in coeducational schools. I thought to myself, maybe I was using the wrong keywords to search my articles? So instead of searching under “gender inequality,” I searched “coeducation” and college*.
The results I found were much better! There were several articles and studies conducted on why or why not coeducation would be more beneficial than single-sexed schools. As I was reading some of the articles, I noticed that they only talked about the immediate benefits a certain school system would have over the other. This interested me because they didn’t take gender into account unless they were talking about single-sexed schools. Thus, my cue to enter the conversation!
Since most of the articles discuss the benefits of either single-sex or coeducational schools, I’ve decided to look at which system would have the most gender equality. Even though they say single-sex school provide more benefits than coed, it’s only directed towards one gender. I believe that coeducational schools do a better job of addressing gender inequality because both genders are present in the same environment. That way, you can look at whether both males and females are receiving equal opportunities.
Time to start researching!