My PJ1 digital artefact by Watson Alice https://padlet.com/alice_watson191/wo37wm92e6mn Protected Characteristic - Sex en-us 2019-11-05 08:36:00 UTC 2025-03-16 14:03:28 UTC hello@padlet.com Sex as a protected characteristic in the Equality Act 2010 alice_watson191 https://padlet.com/alice_watson191/wo37wm92e6mn/wish/406728209 Equal Human Rights Commision (21 February 2019) states the definition of sex discrimination is where you are treated differently in certain situations because of your sex. 

Official definition of sex in the Equality Act 2010 is 
"A reference to a person who has a particular protected characteristic is a reference to a man or to a woman.
A reference to persons who share a protected characteristic is a reference to persons of the same sex."  (Equality Act, 2010) 





]]> 2019-11-05 09:11:18 UTC https://padlet.com/alice_watson191/wo37wm92e6mn/wish/406728209 The 9 protected characteristics alice_watson191 https://padlet.com/alice_watson191/wo37wm92e6mn/wish/406843896 Sex
Race 
Disability 
Religion or Belief 
Sexual Orientation 
Gender Reassignment 
Pregnancy and Maternity 
Marriage
Age

]]> 2019-11-05 14:07:02 UTC https://padlet.com/alice_watson191/wo37wm92e6mn/wish/406843896 Sex discimination in schools alice_watson191 https://padlet.com/alice_watson191/wo37wm92e6mn/wish/413920355 Sara Delamont (1980) argued that in the 1980's sexes in school were segregated in many ways, for example toilets, changing rooms, claok rooms and even the playground (Delamont, 1980, p.24.).

Delamont also states that organizaltional arrangements of sexes were so common that they were often taken for granted and seemed invisable (Delamont, 1980, p.25.). ]]> 2019-11-20 11:44:59 UTC https://padlet.com/alice_watson191/wo37wm92e6mn/wish/413920355 The Equality Act 2010 alice_watson191 https://padlet.com/alice_watson191/wo37wm92e6mn/wish/413924313 The Equality Act 2010 is a legal obligation and came into force in October 2010 with the aim to  protect people from discrimination in the workplace and in wider world. 
It replaced other previous anti-discrimination laws by having one Act instead, making the law easier to understand and giving people better protection in certain situations. It sets out all the different ways in which someone can be unlawfully treated (Gov, 2015).

]]> 2019-11-20 11:56:02 UTC https://padlet.com/alice_watson191/wo37wm92e6mn/wish/413924313 Previous Legislation alice_watson191 https://padlet.com/alice_watson191/wo37wm92e6mn/wish/413931877 There were previously 9 pieces of legislation that were all brought together and merged into what we know as the Equality Act today. These included:

  • the Equal Pay Act 1970
  • the Sex Discrimination Act 1975
  • the Race Relations Act 1976
  • the Disability Discrimination Act 1995
  • the Employment Equality (Religion or Belief) Regulations 2003
  • the Employment Equality (Sexual Orientation) Regulations 2003
  • the Employment Equality (Age) Regulations 2006
  • the Equality Act 2006, Part 2
  • the Equality Act (Sexual Orientation) Regulations 2007
Equality Human Rights Commission (2019)




]]> 2019-11-20 12:18:40 UTC https://padlet.com/alice_watson191/wo37wm92e6mn/wish/413931877 alice_watson191 https://padlet.com/alice_watson191/wo37wm92e6mn/wish/414006734 Child Law Advice (2018) states that is is unlawful for education providers to treat a student less fairly because of their gender.

However, Child Law Advice (2018) also argue that there is an exception to this particular ‘protected characteristic’ that makes single-sex sports acceptable. It applies to involvement in any sport or other activity which could be competetive, where  physical strength, stamina or physique of the average woman (or girl) may put her at a disadvantage when in competition with the average man (or boy).

Child Law Advice (2018) also argue that it is not completely unlawful for a school to have single-sex classes in a mixed school, as long as the classes are provided to students of both genders

]]> 2019-11-20 14:27:21 UTC https://padlet.com/alice_watson191/wo37wm92e6mn/wish/414006734 The Equality Act 2010 and schools alice_watson191 https://padlet.com/alice_watson191/wo37wm92e6mn/wish/414900994 In England and Wales, the Equality Act applies to all independent and maintained schools, this includes Academies,  maintained and non-maintained special schools (Gov, 2014).

This Equality Act makes it unlawful for a school to discriminate against, victimise, and harrass a pupil or future pupil in the following ways: admissions, the way education in provided, the way benefits, facilities or services are provided for students and by excluding or subjecting a student to other detriment (Gov, 2014).


]]> 2019-11-21 19:20:27 UTC https://padlet.com/alice_watson191/wo37wm92e6mn/wish/414900994 Different types of discrimination alice_watson191 https://padlet.com/alice_watson191/wo37wm92e6mn/wish/417164829 Direct- Where you have been treated unfairly because of who you are. 

Indirect- Where there is a practice or policy that applies to everyone no matter who they are or there ability. 

Harrassment- Unwanted behaviour which people may find offensive or makes them feel humiliated.

Victimisation- Where you are treated badly because you have made a complaint about discrimination.

]]> 2019-11-27 15:04:38 UTC https://padlet.com/alice_watson191/wo37wm92e6mn/wish/417164829 Sex discrimination in school statisitcs: alice_watson191 https://padlet.com/alice_watson191/wo37wm92e6mn/wish/417175781 Global Campaign for Education (2018) 

·  Nearly four in 10 girls reported being made fun of because they are a girl, compared to under one in ten for boys

·  Girls were generally seen as better at ‘soft’ subjects such as languages, history, art and music, and boys better at sports, mathematics and computing

·  Pupils felt that male teachers are ‘more intelligent’ than female teachers, but female teachers were ‘more caring’ than male teachers.
]]> 2019-11-27 15:34:00 UTC https://padlet.com/alice_watson191/wo37wm92e6mn/wish/417175781 My Audio Recording alice_watson191 https://padlet.com/alice_watson191/wo37wm92e6mn/wish/417207165 2019-11-27 17:02:05 UTC https://padlet.com/alice_watson191/wo37wm92e6mn/wish/417207165