ABSTRACT
The term "sex equity" describes an environment in which individuals can consider options and make choices based on their abilities and talents, not on the basis of gender stereotypes and biased expectations. The achievement of vocational sex equity enables women and men, regardless of race, ethnicity, and disability, to develop skills needed in the home and in the paid work force. In the broadest sense, vocational education prepares students for the dual roles of earning wages and maintaining a household and/or family. Vocational education has offered male students with disabilities far more in the way of options and services. Vocational equity specialists conduct staff development workshops; community, employers, and parent equity awareness programs; and student awareness activities. Lack of support services in the educational setting act as greater barriers to female participation than male participation in vocational education.
