When a poorer family is unable to put more than one child through school, the boy gets the education and the girl is expected to focus on homemaking skills. While women have access to basic schooling, access to technological training is limited as women are expected to study topics that directly relate to their dominant roles as wives and mothers – such as art, humanities, and teaching.[17] Though females are fairly equally represented in school, there is excessive gender stereotyping in Jordanian textbooks.[2]