Long dominated by boys, the playground has become a social and political issue. While feminist activists denounce institutionalized sexism, several cities in France want to «rethink school classes». The football field could be paying the price
Inequality starts at the playground. Example in 2015, in a school in Mont de Marsan. A study conducted in this school with educational teams on gender parity in school recreation courses shows that stereotypes persist between boys and girls when sharing play spaces. To counter this, the principal of the school has set up, three times a week, playgrounds without football, where all the children play together.
In 1987, report on the new fashionable games in recreation classes. Thus, the elastic dethrones the traditional jump to the rope in little girls and boys prefer to play the faggot with playing cards.
Inequality starts at the playground. Example in 2015, in a school in Mont de Marsan. A study conducted in this school with educational teams on gender parity in school recreation courses shows that stereotypes persist between boys and girls when sharing play spaces. Interviews with a professor Pierre CAZAUBON and the geographer, Edith MARUEJOULS, about the relegation and isolation of girls in school classes.
Inequality starts at the playground. Example in 2015, in a school in Mont de Marsan. A study conducted in this school with the teams Gender equality in school recreation shows that stereotypes persist between boys and girls when sharing play spaces. Interviews with girls and boys.
In 1967, two students from the Gabriel Fauré high school in Paris were interviewed about the diversity of their school. The boy thinks it doesn’t change anything, while the girl thinks it brings a better atmosphere.
A place of relaxation, games and learning about sociability, the playground is first and foremost a place of life that contributes to the development of the child. Petite Visite, in 2014, at the Sainte-Madeleine school in Reims, during a dive into the whirlwind of recreation.
Everyone is free to choose what he wants to do with his life. But prejudices have a hard life. Children’s words about the job they dream of doing later reveal a choice sometimes driven by societal sexism.