In the Classroom

The classroom is an interesting gendered space that has the ability to be a place that can either reinforce or deconstruct status and power roles. Brett Stoudt, author of "Masculine Privilege: The Culture of Bullying at an Elite Private School" uses his research to show the classroom as a link between the home and the workforce, where societal principles are formed and transmitted into the "real world" once students enter the workforce. Stoudt's research analyzes how the physical space of an elite private school "can produce and communicate power and help define the meaning of social relationships" (Stoudt 307) resulting in the subtle reproduction of privilege in society.

However, depending on how the classroom environment is constucted and what curriculums are put in place contribute to how power and status are communicated, and ultimately brought into society. Therefore, if a feminist agenda is articulated in the space of the classroom, feminism and ideas of equality are likely to permeate society, eventually. 

These documents show how feminism and feminist ideals were gradually integrated into the classroom over time, deconstructing this male-oriented gendered space.