Angry males?
Under the “Managing Student Behavior†module, the angry student section says that “hostile and angry students will almost exclusively be male.†I would really like to see this wording changed. I don’t have qualms because I’m offended as a male. But I work at a school with about 95 percent females, and they make up 100 percent of the “angry†students. I think the current wording can be a disservice to beginning instructors. Having read this, they could be caught off guard when that first “angry†student turns out to be a female.
Any chance you can make the change to the wording?
Hi Roger,
I have had more angry female students than male students. I find male students a lot easier to deal with.
Patricia Scales
I agree. We shouldn't set the new teachers up making them think that it will most likely be males students that are angry. I think you'll see equal representation.
Hi Megan,
I have found my experience to be the exact opposite of this. The male students are my most pleasant students.
Patricia Scales
I concur that this statement is misleading and needs to be revised. I work at a co-ed institution, and in my experience, the "angry" students have largely been females. What is the source of this information? Is this statement based on research findings? What purpose does this statement serve? Unless differing recommendations are being made based on research on how to effectively handle angry male students versus angry female students, it may be best to delete this statement in order to avoid encouraging possible instructor biases.
I concur I have never had an issue with the male students getting upset it has always been the female students.
I have not had many angry students in general, but they've been pretty even for me in terms of gender.
I did not find the statement offensive but I found it not to be true. In fact, I think I had more experiences with angry females. Males and female students have the same emotions I don’t think it matters what their gender is. I was surprised to see that statement.
I agree with this 100%. I even stopped and wrote the same statement down. It's not right to call out one sex over the other. I hope this gets changed.
Hi Laurie,
I have had the same experience that female students are normally the angry students. I have had very pleasant experiences with male students.
Patricia Scales
I agree with you Shane. I am a female and 98% of my students are female. I was shocked to see angry students are almost exclusively male.
I've had the same experience. If anything the male students are more non-confrontational than the females. Perhaps that's because I am a female, but typically the males approach much more rationally while the females attempt to be more intimidating and manipulative. They are also much more likely to appeal to a supervisor (and lie about the situation) than the male students.
I was also wondering who else found that offensive. I have found that the majority of "problem" students have been female.
Hi Shane,
The author will have to change this. I agree with your response.
Patricia Scales
