Doing it right: Swedish School De-emphasizes Gender Lines - NYTimes.com

el_chief · 2012-11-15T17:34:25+00:00

Males and Females are different. Genetically, chemically. Pretending they are the same is doing it wrong.

yourotherusername · 2012-11-15T16:40:18+00:00

What I liked most is that the teachers videoed their interactions and realized on their own many of the gender biases that they had. And that helped lead to the change.

Just a positive for equality, teach them while they are young.

Demonspawn · 2012-11-15T16:53:32+00:00

How is this "doing it right" ?

I mean, should we feed cats and dogs the same diet and treat them the same just because they are common four legged pets?

2012-11-16T00:44:56+00:00

http://www.slate.com/articles/double_x/doublex/2012/04/hen_sweden_s_new_gender_neutral_pronoun_causes_controversy_.html

Ironically, in the effort to free Swedish children from so-called normative behavior, gender-neutral proponents are also subjecting them to a whole set of new rules and new norms as certain forms of play become taboo, language becomes regulated, and children's interactions and attitudes are closely observed by teachers. One Swedish school got rid of its toy cars because boys "gender-coded" them and ascribed the cars higher status than other toys. Another preschool removed "free playtime" from its schedule because, as a pedagogue at the school put it, when children play freely "stereotypical gender patterns are born and cemented. In free play there is hierarchy, exclusion, and the seed to bullying." And so every detail of children's interactions gets micromanaged by concerned adults, who end up problematizing minute aspects of children's lives, from how they form friendships to what games they play and what songs they sing.

Title	Doing it right: Swedish School De-emphasizes Gender Lines - NYTimes.com
Author	yourotherusername
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Comments	6
Date	November 15, 2012 4:39 PM UTC (13 years ago)
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