Education and the Sex Discrimination Act

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The Sex Discrimination Act came into force on December 29th 1975, covering the areas of employment; education and training; the provision of services and premises; and advertising. Its major objective was to eliminate discrimination on the grounds of sex in areas where discrimination has prevented women from achieving social and economic equality with men. The purpose of this article is to examine the implications of the Act for the different sectors of the education system; and to assess how far current educational practices combat or reinforce undesirable sex‐stereotypes. The form of the article is a review of recent research relevant to the issues encompassed by the Sex Discrimination Act. I shall deal with the primary, the secondary and the higher education sectors in turn and then take a brief look at textbooks and children's readers. The present article is, so far as I am aware, the first attempt to survey educational practices specifically in the light of the Act.

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