What does this story say about females?

I really enjoyed reading this article. As a someone who is raising a daughter I am always concerned about how man and women are portrayed either through the media, and/or the books that we read. I don’t want my daughter growing up focusing on her looks and waiting for someone to save her. On the same note if I was raising a son, I certainly wouldn’t want him to think women were suppose to be helpless, passive, and to clean the home. I thought what Rawia Hayik did in her classroom was great trying to challenge her students minds to see other view points and engage with the text critically.  I also like her reflection on how she could have improved on what she had taught as  well as realizing that she had  inadvertently silenced her male students.