Gender gap in higher education. Social Sciences. Research Paper

Gender Gap in Higher Education
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Gender Gap in Higher Education
Over the years, males have always gained an advanced education than females. In many countries, more males than females advanced and got a higher education, thus getting more degrees (Katti, 2018). However, this trend has reversed, primarily disadvantaging men and favoring women. The gender education gap has reduced to the point where boys and girls share matching social environments and homes. Females' educational attainment now surpasses that of men affecting society in various ways, such as causing a shift in the labor market and patterns of family formations. This progress has been very puzzling, making contemporary economic growth, and has gained a lot of attention in sociology and economics literature. This essay argues the reversal of gender inequity in higher education by discussing various aspects associated with it. In spite of the persistent gender discrimination against women, their education has substantially expanded with a reversal or even gradual closing of the education gender gap recently.
Before 1990, most countries globally had averagely more male students than females, showing how gender inequalities had hindered females from accessing higher education. Although from that period, inequalities detrimental to men have risen in many nations, with females accounting for a larger percentage in higher education (Gleason, 2018). The rapid increase in women's participation in advanced education has led to a reversal in many nations' gender gap trend. As the years go by, more female students have continued to be enrolled in higher learning institutions, thus surpassing male students in the same institutions.
If gender trends in the past were to continue, the gender gap would be much wider, favoring men and undermining women and their capability; thus, various changes being made to curb this issue, which instead has led to a reversal in the gender gap, letting men now face the negative impacts of gender inequity. The current gender trends where females' ratio to males accessing higher education keeps rising has narrowed the gender gap in several nations while widening it to the favor of women in other nations (Robertson, Williams, Jones, Isbel & Loads, 2017). Although, this inequalities strengthening is mainly linked to the exceptional growth in women participation compared to men’s. If the current trends continue, the number of females in higher learning institutions is projected to be twice that of males.
How Education System Undermines Gender Equity
The education system has undermined gender equity for a prolonged period disadvantaging the women in the society who had limited opportunities for attaining higher education. Education itself is a gender gap determinant undermining gender equity in higher education and contributing to various outcomes education outcomes together with their developments (Sumadsad & Tuazon, 2016). For many years girls have been underestimated and seen as the less capable gender in understanding complex subjects and disciplines. For example, male students are seen as being capable of handling complex mathematics equations c...