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"The students each took a questionnaire prior to and after the class that consisted of the GTS and a question on how much they knew about the transgender topic. Women still scored higher on average than men on the GTS with women scoring an average of 41.4 in gender-bashing and 41.3 in transphobia/genderism, and men averaging 36.5 and 38.9, respectively (the non-binary sample was only 1 so there was only one score). Post-test GTS scores unfortunately showed minimal improvement over pre-test scores, with section total class averages at 40.58 and 40.90 before, and 40.36 and 41.42 after in gender-bashing and transphobia/genderism respectively (Gorrotxategi, Ozamiz-Etxebarria, Jiménez-Etxebarria, Cornelius-White, 2020). It is pointed out that the students in the experiment were social education majors so due to the nature of their work, which involves showing respect towards disadvantaged groups, the small sample size, and the fact that the initial scores were so high there wasn’t much room for improvement in their scores. On the positive side, however, there were good improvements in knowledge of the transgender topic, with an increase of the scale of 1-10 score average from 6.76 to 7.29, over 0.5 points (Gorrotxategi et al., 2020)."

From the research I conducted I learned far more than I expected to on gender education. I did not know beforehand that there were studies done at the college level on students' attitudes towards transgender people. There were even studies on the effects of gender education on college students. What I found was that while attitudes only saw small improvements, the knowledge of gender and trans issues increased by a good amount. This research backs my goal of improving the knowledge and attitudes around gender and trans issues in my class through education.

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