Sex segregation facts for kids

Sex segregation is a highly controversial culture-related definition for separation of people according to their actual sex. This can occur in both public and private areas. There are four levels for sex segregation: permissive, voluntary, administrative and mandatory. The practice is often, however, mandatory in relation to prison rules or employment, particularly medical care and military services.

Images for kids

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  A sign mandating sex segregation on a women's only train car in India.

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  Segregation of women inmates in Auschwitz concentration camp during the Holocaust.

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  The girls' entrance to a school; the boys use or used an equivalent door.

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  A note at the male public toilet in Edinburgh Airport about the fact that female cleaners might work there.