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Pelham · Joined: 05 Mar 2009 Posts: 9

What do you think is the reason behind the the "female teacher preferred" in job ads? Is it assumed that men can't teach, or is there some other reason?

haopengyou · Joined: 02 Mar 2009 Posts: 197

What country did these ads appear in? and what age group? I know that the schools that I was working with did not like to hire single men because they were often more interested in sexual relationships with female students than they were in educational relationships. Sad

naturegirl321 · Joined: 04 May 2003 Posts: 9041 Location: home sweet home

Might be because it's with young kids and parents prefer that.

spiral78 · Joined: 05 Apr 2004 Posts: 11534 Location: On a Short Leash

It's not universal.

Justin Trullinger · Posted: Wed Mar 11, 2009 3:31 pm Post subject:

It's far from universal, but single sex education is common in lots of places. In some places in the ME, it's the law.

I've never worked anywhere that was gender restricted, but in most places I've worked, virtually all of which were Spanish speaking, it's assumed that women are better with small kids.

Funny, but within my experience, the "hooking up with students" phenomenon seems to cross gender lines. Unfortunate, but at least in Latin America, seemingly true.

Best,
Justin

Ariadne · Joined: 16 Jul 2004 Posts: 960

I'm in China and I don't see many female FTs dating students.. haven't seen any, actually, but I'm sure there are some. I also haven't seen the gals drunk in public or being physically violent. I have seen male teachers dating students (but she's not in MY class!), drinking to excess in public, and being violent. Maybe the schools have seen/not seen the same things and are trying to avoid potential trouble by asking for female applicants. One thing I have seen more of in the women is craziness, and I don't many fun loving and zany. I mean mentally disturbed people who should be at home getting proper medication and treatment. Only a few, but more than the men. Now that I think about it, some of those really hard drinking, violent men might more accurately fall into that category too.

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denise · Joined: 23 Apr 2003 Posts: 3419 Location: finally home-ish

Salverston · Joined: 16 Mar 2009 Posts: 9 Location: Guayaquil, Ecuador

Most of the time the "female only" or "male only" are from schools that have the sexes segregated. Very common in the Middle East but also happens in Latin America and Asia, depending on the culture and who is running the school.