Are single gender schools or both gender schools better and why?

[Red_Arrow]

I chose to attend a male only high school because it offered the curriculum I was interested in. It was geared toward professions that were almost exclusively male at that time. My studies were i electronics prepping for that field in college. The school also offered courses such as automotive technology, aviation (they even had a small plane the students worked on), foundry, machining, etc.
There was a female only high school nearby that offered courses mostly women were entering such as nursing and dental tech. Both schools allowed exceptions in that females with a strong interest in the male dominated fields could attend the male only school, and males could similarly follow female aimed courses at the girl’s school.
I had no problems socializing with girls, and the two schools even combined for dances once in a while.
Later, the books school opened up for girls and as I understand it, they had problems due to the lack of youth interested in what was considered aims at the other sex. so there were, and maybe still are, places where single sex schools work better.

[CubsterShura]

I've been in co-ed my entire life but I wish I was in a same sex school, I'll send my kids to same sex school too if possible. I was bullied throughout my school life and it severely damaged my ability to socialize especially with guys around my age. I don't want my kids to be traumatized like that.

I personally know some dudes who grew up in Saudi Arabia where schools are entirely gender-segregated but they still have girlfriends and they actually treat their girlfriends much better than other dudes. I also know girls who go to same sex school and still have no trouble socializing with boys. So it definitely has more to do with mindset than anything else in my opinion.

Many people think that not being able to socialize with the opposite gender is some big disadvantage, but it is only and only if you feel like you are missing out without it. I understand it can cause nervousness in dating, but otherwise, I don't mind not having guy friends, I don't mind not socializing with dudes. I actually didn't like the experience of social gatherings where I had to interact with a bunch of guys. I enjoy the time I spend with my girl friends and especially when we have sleep overs.

My experience in co-ed actually made my past relationships harder because of my permanent perception of guys being unnecessarily mean creatures. No kidding.

[Puppystarfish23]

I don't see the point in it. Growing up I was always sat next to the naughty boys in class and when I asked why they told me it's because the boy's like me and some girls actually have a calming influence on boy's and will behave better as to not look a fool in front of the girl.

Also a lot of girls and boys (not all) who I know went single gender schools weren't great in romantic relationships. They didn't understand the opposite gender and didn't know how to work well with them. They struggled to take criticism from the opposite gender too and slept around a lot (not slut shaming by the way) probably because of a lack of male/female attention growing up.

I also think students should be treated like responsible, capable, pupils in school and if they can't handle themselves in a learning environment with the opposite sex they clearly have bigger issue then there education to focus on and hiding them away from the opposite gender will only worsen the issue once out in the real world.

[Miristheiss]

I do not know.
I have heard the theory that separated schools tend to perform better. They tend to be more focused on their courses without all the dating and romance distractions.

The schools in my city aren't a good example because they are the big catholic private schools that are costly to get into and you have to be well off financially or be a great athlete to go to those schools. The 2 boys schools win the 6A football championship pretty much every single year.

[lilyanony1]

I went to an all girls school and I begged to go to a mixed one. I wish that I went to a mixed school as I was an only child with no hobbies simply because my mum isolated me.
I had the friends she chose for me and she was suspicious of anyone I tried to pick for myself.
So as you can imagine I was bullied.
And I continue to be bullied because my social life hasn't improved its gotten worse. In my household we talked about each other behind each others back. Ie if mum was in a funny mood, dad might give me the heads up and say mum's in a mood. That isn't nice apparently. When I've done it it's cost me friendships and a lot of confrontation. So now I just stay isolated.

[UnknownGagsUser]

I don't understand what's the point of a single gender school , both boys and girls need to interact somehow and it's good to start from young ages so they won't lack of confidence around each other's.

[proNutro]

Don’t think it matters.
Guys from all boys schools and girls from all girls school would just meet up after school or on weekends. If you go to a single gender school snd can’t talk to the opposite gender then going to a mixed school won’t make a difference. Many girls and guys in mixed schools that struggle to talk to the other gender. 🤷🏼‍♀️ A school is a school.
Personally I preferred going to a mix school because all my friends were guys. I got along more with them than the girls.

[Hidden_P]

I can see the appeal of single gender; more focused more applied, but I think mixed is better. It helps learn how to deal with others. It helps learn relationships, it helps learn life. Not every home can guarantee siblings or mixed siblings to school is a great way to learn.

[josephinelcajon]

I agree that mixing sexes is a very important social learning lesson! I do not agree that the separation of sexes causes the student to be more focused. I may be wrong but girls or boys only schools seem to be going away and were found mostly in the UK

[HikerDude]

I think single-sex schools are better because they eliminate a lot of the angst and fighting caused by the presence of the other sex. It was hard for me to concentrate in geometry class when I was 15 and spent all period staring at Catherine Ives's bubble butt.

[princesssnowflake]

I think homogeneous gender schools are good for you academically, but I can’t say the same for your social life. I just feel like single gender schools don’t prepare you for the social reality we live; girls and guys aren’t separated. I know that I wouldn’t be socially comfortable at an all girls school, since most of my friends are guys. Also, from what most of the other girls that have attended an all girls school have said, it doesn’t sound like much fun.

[JKingOff]

Both gender schools are better than single gender schools. Single gender schools promote ignorance, lack of knowledge, and lack of experience with the opposite gender and also encourage homosexuality. The more you shelter your kids from normal aspects of life the more you hurt them in the long run.

[hellacray]

Well I think single gender might keep people from being less distracted. And there can even possibly a higher college admission rate.

Sure you can't interact with girls during school, but what's stopping you from having interactions after school or during the weekend?

[Minxxie]

Yeah, raising boys and girls separately just alienated them from each other and makes them hate each other irrationally as adults.

I grew up with a group of close friends from different genders and races and I feel like we all ended up being happier and less neurotic than people from single-gender schools did.

[sp33d]

It doesn't have to be better or worse. As an extreme example there are two special schools in Estonia for the really really bad kids. One is for girls and the other for boys. Reasons for separation are obvious.

.. and yet, we have plenty of dudes posting here who attend a regular ol' school and still have trouble talking to girls. I wouldn't overemphasise the role of a monogender school.

[Lunatic1]

I can see the merit in both. In single gender schools, studying and learning are the top priority because you don't have the distraction of the opposite gender. But mixed gender schools allow for development of socialization skills and equal treatment of both genders. But if I had to pick, I would prefer to see mixed gender because social skills can be more important than memorizing facts from a book.

[menina]

I agree with you. Mixed gender schools are better, men and women exist so the sooner they're exposed to each other the better their relationship will be.

[Minahh]

Both can have their advantages and disadvantages. All girls schools can be really supportive but also full of unnecessary drama. All boys schools can focus more on boy's interests but also there are more fights. So I don't know. School for both genders are probably better tho. They prepare the person more for their future. Like there is really small chance that the person will experience gender separated workplace.

[Waldoe]

In the real world, men and women deal with each other all the time, on all levels, some situations men are dominant, in others they are not... women have their own issues, there are too many different scenarios to even try to list... and that's the Point, they must be lived to learn from them, How will a girl/boy learn to deal with the other, if not in a structured safe learning environment?

[genericname85]

the optimal environment is a majority male and a minority female environment. that has statistically shown to be the best performing work environment due to social dynamics. so i would guess same is true for school.

[undercover4ever]

I feel like coed schools are better because you need to learn how to interact with the opposite sex.

[Sia_nee]

I attended an all girls school for middle school and a mixed school for High school. Loved both but both gender schools are better. (Don't get the point for separation).

[Prof_Don]

The social skills of interacting with the opposite sex are super important!

Schools with both genders is absolutely the ideal situation for K-12 schooling.

[DWornock]

I don't know about high school and college but, in elementary schools, single gender schools are better because boys will not be mistreated as much as they are now because they will not be expected to sit still, be quite, and act like little girls.

[Psychoanalytical]

Both genders need to interact with each others as they grow. Single-gender schools are a big mistake and it leads to disasters later on - more sexual assaults, more gender alienation, less equality and dysfunctional relationships.

[Hispanic-Cool-Guy]

Makes no difference. A student will only do good in school if he takes his or her schooling seriously.

People just like to find blame to everyone else but themselves for their failures.

[Anonymous]

Last I heard, girls do better on their own academically although it may have changed. However the social element is important and missing from single sex schools.

[Anonymous]

I feel like I would have been a different person for the better if I went to an all boys school. I think I could have figured out how to talk to girls on my own, and I think I did lol.

[JustNane]

I went to an all-girls school and it was nice there but I still think mixed gender schools are better. Girls and boys shouldn't be raised as if they were two completely different species.

[Blindguyplaying]

Both genders. I dont wanna be around dudes all day. I like hanging with guys as well as girls. If it was heavy majority guys then still no

[alance99]

Both gendet schools are better as both genders get comfortable with each other since their childhood and guys get to know how to behave around girls and vice versa

[BestOpinions2020]

I think 1 gender schools r pointless and can damage kids making it harder for them to speak to the other gender and they might not truly find themselves

[Flower7]

Both-gender schools are definitely more interesting. It seems like it would get boring only seeing the same gender every day

[sheikalana]

I've studied in both gender and single gender schools and I'm okay with anything honestly.

[Anonymous]

Neither is perfect, but all-boy schools serve boys' needs FAR better than coed publics schools in the US.

[Meldrum]

Single-gender is only half of the need for interaction with people.

[boxcarjoe]

If you live in Iraq then you dont have to worry about talking to girls. Just buy like 5 wives

[isbey]

If you find out your daughters gay and you don't enroll her in an all girls catholic school, you're a fucking terrible person

-my wife

[S5ARR0W]

All schools should be mixed. I went to boy school, unfortunately.

[themythos]

Coed schools are better. Makes everyone less socially awkward later in life

[Dinosaursandanime65]

It’s better. I don’t like loudness, chaos, and lust

[ackeem1]

Both gender school better because u going to see a person in the school you like and u two can a better life the future

[mia98]

I went to a all girl school to “keep me away from boys”

[jakerson181]

I completely agree with you.

[MountAverage]

Single gender schools are harmful.

[Twalli]

I think coed schools are better.

[OddBeMe]

More interaction with genders and races are best.

[duygusuzkiz]

Both gender schools