For goodness sake!! Gender IS a stereotype - an inbuilt one. Why is there an assumption that a stereotype is necessarily bad especially when it conforms 99.9% to reality? Imagine the gender confusion of some of these kids later on if this persisted.
-----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Michael Madigan Sent: Tuesday, 28 June 2011 5:13 PM To: ProFox Email List Subject: Re: [OT] School for role confusion 20 years from now the psychiatrists will cash in on therapy for these poor children --- On Mon, 6/27/11, Pete Theisen <[email protected]> wrote: > From: Pete Theisen <[email protected]> > Subject: [OT] School for role confusion > To: "ProFox Email List" <[email protected]> > Date: Monday, June 27, 2011, 9:20 PM > Hi Everybody, > > http://www.heraldtribune.com/article/20110627/ARCHIVES/106271023/-1/todayspa per?Title=School-avoids-words-like-him-and-her- > > "STOCKHOLM - At the "Egalia" preschool, the staff members > avoid using > words like "him" or "her" and address the 33 children as > "friends" > rather than girls and boys. From the color and placement of > toys to the > choice of books, every detail has been carefully planned in > an effort to > make sure the children do not fall into gender > stereotypes." > > What are they going to be, "it"? > > At least they aren't calling each other "comrade". > -- > Regards, > > Pete > http://pete-theisen.com/ > http://elect-pete-theisen.com/ > [excessive quoting removed by server] _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: [email protected] Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/[email protected] ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
