When I look at my education, I have never really looked at
the gender of my teachers as a deciding factor in the quality of education
received. However it is apparent from the latest chapter that many schools do,
whether on purpose or not. I’m surprised that the pay gap and number of
positions is still such a problem. I found it interesting that the ratio of
women to men changed so consistently between the different levels of employment
with universities, with men holding more jobs as full professors, and being
paid more than women, down to women holding more positions as lecturers than
men and still being paid less.
I think the
most shocking part of it all is how it is happening at USU. I had never really
considered that there would be a difference, as I believe that I have had more
female professors than I have had male professors. However the bookmarks handed
out in class showed the opposite, and that USU is actually behind the national
average when it comes to equality in staffing. I am glad that the university is
making a conscious effort to change that, but I still find it odd that I’ve been
here for four years and haven’t noticed there was a difference yet.
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