What is the point of "Boys/Girls" only schools?

[Sonic Angel Knight]

To be honest, I only heard of these existing but I never actually been to or seen one myself. So I'm just curious what would be the reason behind it.

Students, do you wish you were at one? Parents, would you ever send your child there? Many questions come to mind.

 

[hippy dave]

They're to help turn more kids gay iirc

 

[AleronIves]

They're a naive attempt to keep children from discovering sexuality by isolating them from the opposite sex.

 

[FAST6191]

Seen a few over the years, was even one of each for older ages (one had mixed until about 10-11) active as I was growing up somewhat near to one of the houses I lived. You do also get a few, and several departments effectively that*, in universities (there was a women's college in the news the other month for telling their charges that your fertility drops like a stone after about 30, and possibly less than that, so consider that beforehand https://www.theguardian.com/comment...ociety-fertility-seminars-barriers-parenthood ).

Originally there would have been an academic split -- make nice young ladies with requisite skills, diction and poise while making all the factory owners/lawyers/engineers/soldiers**/whatever out of the boys. I am sure I nice dose of puritanism did not hurt (might even have helped at some level -- boys and girls will be boys and girls... or indeed see "Mother and Baby Home"). Specialisation might be for insects but it has its perks on the economic side of things too.

* https://external-content.duckduckgo...vel-and-gender-2013-2014-large.jpg&f=1&nofb=1 is older and less clear than it could be but illustrative.

** do remember most education is derived from military drills when that was discovered. One of the many reasons it is less than ideal today but I will spare that rant as I have done it before.

Speaking to those that went through it then it makes for some interesting dynamics, and not necessarily in the ways you would think (let's just say it predicts many of the same things that those times someone has the idea to run an all female company/department, albeit with the sociopathy of children and lack of hierarchy beyond simple social***). I don't know what goes in current space year though with internet and kids being allowed to roam around outside (though many of said same are probably lumped with extra curriculars and shut in the house such that they arrived at university with zero street smarts). I don't know what I can comment about academics for the ones I encountered as most of those would have been public schools (do note that public school in the UK is private school elsewhere, state school for the thing that government provides for all that need it. There are also private schools in the UK) and thus usually the kids of smart people (intelligence is quite a heritable trait) that went there so possibly skewed a bit, in addition to general funding boosts.

***technically you might have had head boy/head girl, prefects and age related fun with later years but... meh really. https://thinkstudent.co.uk/what-is-a-school-prefect-and-what-do-they-do/ if you were curious.

 

[Sonic Angel Knight]

Originally there would have been an academic split -- make nice young ladies with requisite skills, diction and poise while making all the factory owners/lawyers/engineers/soldiers**/whatever out of the boys. I am sure I nice dose of puritanism did not hurt (might even have helped at some level -- boys and girls will be boys and girls... or indeed see "Mother and Baby Home"). Specialisation might be for insects but it has its perks on the economic side of things too.

That sounds like a place for teaching gender roles.

 

[Veho]

That sounds like a place for teaching gender roles.

Bingo!

 

[Youkai]

I'd say it can help some of them to concentrate on studies ...
In my class I was by far not the only guys who was sitting in the last rows because it was nice to see the girls asses as they hardly wore any clothes in summer (well I overexegrate a little bit but just a little)

So yeah at least back in the days we were more focused on the girls then on our studies so I am pretty sure if its a boys or girls only school this either wouldn't happen or as some mentioned you might get some more gay people that still get distracted XD

 

[Veho]

I'd say it can help some of them to concentrate on studies ...
So yeah at least back in the days we were more focused on the girls then on our studies so I am pretty sure if its a boys or girls only school this either wouldn't happen or as some mentioned you might get some more gay people that still get distracted XD

Experiences with traditionally "gendered" trade schools show that this does not, in fact, help with studies.

It does hinder social development though.

 

[Sonic Angel Knight]

Always got to make sure to develop those social skills.

 

[Flame]

Always got to make sure to develop those social skills.

what are these "social skills"

 

[Sonic Angel Knight]

what are these "social skills"

Like conversation, social awareness, not making people feel uncomfortable... make friends not bullies. I guess.

 

[Marc_LFD]

To keep the genders separated and socialize with their own.

It's like segregation/division, turning people into two or more groups although there was no ill will here.

 

[The Catboy]

To keep the genders separated and socialize with their own.

It's like segregation/division, turning people into two or more groups although there was no ill will here.

There might be some ill will but that’s always case by case. I actually know a few trans folks who were sent an all boys/girls schools when they expressed their identities at a young age. Many had parents who hoped they could “cure them of being trans” by sending them to those schools. It’s not always the case but it does occasionally happen. I also know many other queer folks who went through similar experiences but with religious schools. Basically being sent there in an effort to “turn them straight.”

 

[Sonic Angel Knight]

Aren't religious schools much stricter in such things like how they socialize with the opposite gender?