Equal opportunities for girls is the subject of this far-reaching
and topical study. The author analyses educational provision in the
decades following the passing of the Sex Discrimination Act, and
asks whether the school curriculum is male-orientated. Are women
still presented as the second sex? Are they, as has been suggested,
almost invisible? Is the language of the classroom sexist? Despite
many apparent handicaps, however, girls actually achieve more
examination passes than boys. There is therefore a problem of
squaring up the disadvantages shown up in girls' experiences of
schooling and the measurable outcome of that process - a conflict
which this engaging text seeks to address
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