"How Does Gender Affect The Teaching Profession?"

In present time, it is evident through my school experiences and current college classes that the teaching field is dominated by women. However, this wasn't always the case, teaching only used to be a field men could take on due to the constant enforced idea that women should only be housewives and overseers of the family. This used to be the case with many jobs, men dominated most fields and overtime women began to advocate for their right to get jobs, attend higher education institutions and fight for their rights to do many things that men could freely do. Leading to current time how many fields have a large percent of  women studying in or even working in, making a big emphasis on business related jobs along with science or history centralized majors/job occupations. 

However, the common stereotype in the current teaching field is that only women could only be teachers, at least this is what is heavily implied to children and along with having mostly female teachers throughout elementary/middle/high school this stereotype is only reinforced. However, there is much more to gender according to every individual and by making assumptions about a person due to how they dress could lead to negative interactions. Introducing the concept of gender-diverse children or individuals should be something that becomes normalized since many individuals do not feel comfortable with the gender they are labeled as since birth. 

While I feel comfortable in my gender there are many that do not and it is our job to provide safe spaces to those who need them, everyone is welcomed whether it is in the classroom to learn or even to teach future generations of students. We need to continue advocating for diverse interactions in all classrooms because every one has the right to an education regardless of gender, sex , race and religion.