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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Redshirting perpetuates the society-backed artificial dominance of men over women, by getting it started early on in a classroom full of 6 year old boys and 5 year old girls, who are academically mostly equals. It is unacceptable. [/quote]

Um, aren't girls killing it academically over boys now? Not sure your point?[/quote]

Interesting theory tho. There are articles about girls (not) speaking up in class as much in later grades. [/quote]

Girls do better in school than boys by nearly every measure. It's harder to get into college as a girl because girls have higher scores, higher grades, and apply to college in greater numbers.[/quote]

I'm just thinking about this today for the first time in these past few days, but I'll posit that it's not grades that is hurting women in the workplace, but maybe it's these speaking in school measures that start at an early age.

Just a random quick sampling:

Why Girls Beat Boys at School and Lose to Them at the Office:
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/07/opinion/sunday/girls-school-confidence.html?fbclid=IwAR15FMeVbXTrse30s9cDZ2ot2UNRG2nnwhRIheiEzMI-nI8Ic1D2JAjZFRE

Boys Speak Up, Girls Silenced in the Classroom:
https://www.newswise.com/articles/boys-speak-up-girls-silenced-in-the-classroom

GIRLS’ VOICES ARE NON-NEGOTIABLE
Here’s How to Keep Girls Raising Their Voices in a Confusing Culture
https://girlsleadership.org/resources/videos/raising-our-daughters-to-speak-up/

Interrupt the Gender Bias of Speaking
https://www.2civility.org/interrupt-gender-bias-speaking/

Speaking Up Gender Imbalance in the Classroom
http://www.thedartmouth.com/article/2018/10/speaking-up-gender-imbalance-in-the-classroom[/quote]

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