UNIT D - Blog 24

I had an informal interview with one of my friends sisters who attends law school at Columbia University. Her name is Lindsay and I asked her about any gender stereotypes she's experienced or seen while attending law school. Lindsay expressed that she noticed the females in a few of her classes are paid less attention to by the law professors. She said she only sees this from male professors but when questions are asked the professor usually only calls upon a male student as opposed to a female. She also said that she noticed the male students receive much higher grades than the females and she has even compared her papers with male colleagues and said that they had major grammatical errors and alot of their arguments lacked support compared to her and a few other female papers. Lindsay also said that she feels the professors are alot harder on the females and it makes her feel like the women are seen as less capable of doing a good job on assignments and such. From this interview with Lindsay I realized that at her University she does have great teachers but those few male teachers really try and bring her down because of her gender. They make her feel like she wont be a good enough lawyer because of her gender and that males are seen as more capable of being successful compared to women in the same field. All of those students took the same LSAT to get into that school therefore they came into the school with the same amount of knowledge and understanding and they should be treated equal despite their gender. It's enough that women have to see so much gender discrimination in the workplace but school should be a safe and respectful environment that teaches these students they can accomplish anything they set their minds too. These women didn't pay alot of money to be discriminated against and treated unfairly.