On 28/06/2011 04:49 a.m., geoff wrote: > 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.
Don't worry. You'll eventually die and they will be able to be completely free of your preconceptions. > -----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/ >> _______________________________________________ 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.
