Managing behavioural dehumanisation of female learners by their counterparts in the secondary schooling sector

Abstract

The purpose of this paper is to review the behavioural manipulations and dehumanisation of female learners by their male counterparts in a secondary schooling sector. The paper is both conceptual and empirical in nature. Documents review and interviewing techniques were applied to generate data from the three perpetual gender dehumanisers and the other three victims. Research findings reveal that firstly, the culture of excessive submissiveness by female learners aggravates the problem. Secondly, the inherited practice of racial and gender segregation from either colonialism or apartheid, is still very strong. Thirdly, improper socialisation of the female and the male-folk contributes to gender manipulations and dehumanisation. Finally, the learnt oppressive treatment of females by males worsens the problem beyond measure. The researcher recommends for the capacitation of the female-folk to be their own liberators. Furthermore, the researcher recommends for the pursuance of gender parity and humanisation as one the Sustainable Development Goals of this century. Finally, the researcher recommends for the acceptance of gender dehumanisation as a continental social threat requiring to be an apex priority for every country and everyone to contribute to its overcoming in a secondary schooling sector.