To be angry so many girls schools are going Co-Ed?

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Yet again it’s been proven girls do better in single sex schools (I have a son as well as a daughter so please don’t think I’m ’hating on boys’).

https://amp.theguardian.com/education/article/2024/may/12/girls-do-better-in-exams-at-all-girls-schools-than-mixed-research-finds

In my hometown growing up there were 4 girls schools. 1 grammar, 1 private, and 2 regular secondaries, meaning pretty much all parents regardless of background had access to single sex education for their daughters if they wanted it.

2 have announced their plans to go Co-Ed, with 1 already having done so, leaving just 1 (the grammar, so working class girls will be inherently disadvantaged). This seems to be a pattern across the country.

AIBU to be angry this is happening? Can’t girls have anything to themselves?

Why do you hate boys so much?

There are lots of co-Ed schools where boys behave and treat girls with respect, and where any sign of inappropriate behaviour is dealt with robustly (including my own co-Ed school and the one my children attend).

😂

If girls are apparently bitchy then that to me is even more reason to send her to a girls school. If she is in a class of thirty with half being girls and a few are nasty then she is left with a very small pool of nice ones to be friends with. If she's in a class of thirty girls and a few are bitchy, then there are more likely to be a greater number of pleasant girls for her to be friends with.

My dd was in a very boy heavy primary school class...9 girls to 21 boys. It was really difficult and a very negative experience for her overall

No actual answer then?

Boys take up much more space in the playground.
They get more teacher time and the girls are neglected because of this.
They are more likely to show aggressive or high level disruptive behaviour.
I’m willing to bet sexual assaults in school, upskirting and so on is very predominantly carried out by boys.

This is just a natural extension of the fact men perpetrate most crime and antisocial behaviour.

It’s funny how on here teen boys are protected and excused at all costs yet the second they turn 18 they become men who are very much critiqued on here and held to account. Is there a link, possibly?

Either way, I love and adore my son but acknowledge the benefits of single sex and think it’s a real shame the choice is being increasingly stripped from parents whose boys or girls would be a good fit for it.

WTF is wrong? Experience of being assaulted and of trying to hold back the constant onslaught of male entitlement with students, that's what.

No because it’s so ridiculous

I'm basing my question on all of your previous (often unfounded and/or judgemental) comments. So, why do you hate boys?

Which parts are unfounded?

I have met just as many, in fact more, entitled girls and women (some of the posts on here exemplify that).

Ahhhh you only have boys don’t you? And no daughters. So, no vested interest in girls, just ‘why do you want to exclude my DS sob’

The ones I've already challenged you on, there's one about 10 posts back.

You realise this comment makes one person look worse than they already do - clue, it's not me.
Why do you hate boys?

Not that many who have raped or sexually assaulted other girls though, I suspect. Which is what I was referring to, male entitlement to female bodies.

Points one and two are, quite frankly, ridiculous and baseless.

One size doesn’t fit all.
for some single sex is right. For others it’s not

it’s right the right school for the right child

My daughters went to a mixed prep school and enjoyed it. The boys were more disruptive of course but they’d just say they ignored them. The main issue was when the boys wouldn’t let one of my daughters play football, but another boy stood up for her. They are still friends. It’s usually down to individuals in this life.

They now go to an all girls school and love it. As do I. I’m glad they’re putting off having to deal with boys /men til later. We get enough of them later in life. I think they will be better able to deal with the obvious negatives when they’re older, they don’t need to put up with it now, frankly.

You're making a really, really, really large jump there.

https://thegirlsplayproject.com/

https://izajole.springeropen.com/articles/10.1186/s40172-018-0069-4

Not baseless when there are studies.

I will no longer be engaging with you, because you are clearly just here feeling insulted on your DS’s behalf. You have no vested interest in the education of girls and do not care about them.

Sure, return to your echo chamber (if you've ever really left it).
Still no answer as to why you hate boys so much either.
It's interesting you're confidently assuming I don't care about girls just because I actually value girls and boys. Your sexism isn't ok.

You’re just making yourself look silly now.

The only single-sex schools I know of are private schools ,but we also don't have Grammar schools and haven't done since the 70 s.

I agree. I definitely wouldn’t want all schools to be single sex, I just think ideally parents would have a choice and it’s a shame the remaining few seem to be merging.

Sure.
You keep repeating that and not answering why you hate boys so much.
It's really echoey in here.