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Manopolies: How the education system embeds sexism in GCSE English Literature

"Manopolies" is new research from End Sexism in Schools (ESIS) exposing how the education system embeds sexism in GCSE English Literature.

With relentless clarity, Mary Ann Sieghart’s The Authority Gap delivers a cascade of evidence. Essential, uncomfortable, galvanizing.

The question "what can schools do to end sexism?" is a hot topic. Dr Lara Wood gives 8 simple actions for schools beyond PSHE.

For all its hard-hitting truths, Adolescence has created yet another conversation about misogyny that ignores girls.

Disappointingly, the Curriculum and Assessment Review interim report makes no mention of the need to introduce a gender-balanced curriculum.

Mice, men but no women. Perhaps you can guess why we might object to white-male authored novella 'Of Mice and Men'.

Despite the world’s media and everyone I follow focusing on her “shame” quote, this is not the most important thing Gisèle had to say.

In summary we are disappointed to see that none of the parties are fully addressing the causes of misogyny in their 2024 election manifesto.

We knew the English Literature curriculum was stale, pale and male - but didn't know just how bad it was until we did the research.