You are at a party, and you are chatting to someone you don't know very well. She asks you what you do, and you say you are studying a university course to work in early childhood. She responds by saying: “Don't mean to be rude but why would you need to study at university to look after children?” Drawing on literature: 

a) Explain why comments such as this may be prevalent issue within the Australian community. 

b) Outline how would you respond to this statement