The role of religion, the role of education, the role of the media, and the role of the church all contributed to the perpetuation of gender roles and the perpetuation of the idea of women’s inferiority and men’s superiority. Educational institutions often gave girls limited opportunities and taught them only about homemaking skills and child care.

Reword this sentence into 1st grader.

Religion, school, TV, and church all helped keep the idea that girls are not as good as boys and that boys are better than girls. Schools only taught girls about taking care of homes and children.

Religion, education, media, and the church all played a part in making people think that boys are better than girls and that girls should only do certain things like taking care of a home or babies. Schools sometimes didn't give girls as many chances as boys and only taught them about how to be good at taking care of a home.