Sex differences in education

A world map showing countries by gender difference in literacy rate. Blue refers to countries where women's literacy rate is higher; red refers to countries where men's literacy rate is higher.
Since the 20th century, girls have been increasingly likely to attend school and college.

Sex differences in education are a type of sex discrimination in the education system affecting both men and women during and after their educational experiences.[1] Men are more likely to be literate on a global average, although higher literacy scores for women are prevalent in many countries.[2] Women are more likely to achieve a tertiary education degree compared to men of the same age. Men tended to receive more education than women in the past, but the gender gap in education has reversed in recent decades in most Western countries and many non-Western countries.[3]

  1. ^ Pearson, Jennifer. "Gender, Education and." Blackwell Encyclopedia of Sociology. Ritzer, George (ed). Blackwell Publishing, 2007. Blackwell Reference Online. 31 March 2008 <http://www.blackwellreference.com/subscriber/tocnode?id=g9781405124331_chunk_g978140512433113_ss1-16>
  2. ^ Davies, Bronwyn (2007). "Gender economies: literacy and the gendered production of neo-liberal subjectivities". Gender and Education. 19 (1): 1–20. doi:10.1080/09540250601087710. S2CID 143595893.
  3. ^ Van Bavel, Jan; Schwartz, Christine R.; Esteve, Albert (16 May 2018). "The Reversal of the Gender Gap in Education and its Consequences for Family Life". Annual Review of Sociology. 44 (1): 341–360. doi:10.1146/annurev-soc-073117-041215. ISSN 0360-0572. S2CID 13717944.

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