Girl challenges boys-only robotics class, designed to help boys catch up in literacy. People say she was fighting sexism.

G33KoftheUndead · 2015-07-07T03:20:35+00:00

'"Gendered approaches to education are extremely problematic," Martel said in a post on change.org.'

...But only when girls are disadvantaged.

iainmf · 2015-07-07T05:37:45+00:00

'No Boys Allowed' day teaches girls about science, math

pnw_diver · 2015-07-07T02:01:49+00:00

There are girls only classes and programs all the time. Boys are increasingly being placed as a low priority in education in general. We set aside one place to try to help our boys and here come the feminists.

The society that fails to invest in boys and men is a society that is doomed, indeed. That investment is the difference, in terms of societal development, security, and infrastructure, between the Western World and Somalia.

DavidByron2 · 2015-07-07T04:31:44+00:00

If this had been a girls only class the same people condemning it would have cheered it.

It's really bizarre to see anything discriminating against girls these days, so I wonder how this came about. It's a black swan event. I tried to get the other side of the story but nobody seems to be telling it. At any rate this girl is apparently a poor fit for the class since she's always at the library and this class is for people who have reading problems, which presumably is the last thing she has. Perhaps they could have better explained to her that she probably would be bored by the class.

Poor reading levels are much more a boys issue of course and I assume the subject matter was picked to interest boys. Maybe they have an equivalent for girls too. But there's just no reason to split the classes by gender. Some girls will like to read about robots (presumably including the one in the article) so why exclude them? Silly.

brontide · 2015-07-07T16:26:49+00:00

Yet last year schools had to fight to include boys in nationwide initiatives. The whitehouse partnered with google for the xmas tree lighting last year which by default left boys on the sidelines.

http://techcrunch.com/2014/12/04/google-gets-thousands-of-girls-to-program-the-white-house-christmas-tree-lights/

http://developers.slashdot.org/story/14/12/28/2151253/school-defied-google-and-us-government-let-boys-program-white-house-xmas-trees

Encouraging girls and women into the profession should not mean excluding other, inspired, makers.

ralphswanson · 2015-07-07T17:19:31+00:00

Equality when it's convenient, special privileges the rest of the time.

Even though girls have been performing better in school for decades, government favor girls with girl-only schools, girl-only scholarships, feminists study programs, etc. Do one thing for boys and the feminists scream 'sexism'.

ThePigmanAgain · 2015-07-07T09:46:03+00:00

Girl? Girl's cunt of a mother is more like it. Everything she is quoted as saying reeks of feminist bullshit. I hope the kid manages to avoid being turned into a misandrist turd by mommy dearest, but her chances aren't good.

SporkTornado · 2015-07-07T02:35:50+00:00

I would like to see an end to all the "boys only" and "girls only" classes.

SupremeAuthority · 2015-07-08T03:15:53+00:00

They're going to fall in love with her and then when they criticize her, shes going to cry.

DirtAndGrass · 2015-07-07T12:55:25+00:00

It's a tough call,

I feel there needs to be equal opportunity for everyone - that this is a valid protest.

however i also feel that sometimes, for education, boys and girls should have the opportunity to be separated.

I also suspect that there would not be enough interest in a girls only program with the same curriculum, in Timmins (~40k people)

LooneyXLovegood · 2015-08-04T02:34:26+00:00

A class designed to help boys catch up with literacy and this girl thinks she can insinuate herself into the fold in the name of "grrl power" and "Equal Rights"?

CarbonBlob78 · 2015-07-07T10:59:10+00:00

Entitled little b*tch.

Yes, I know she's only nine, but it seems we start them young now. Next up - "why can't I enter the male restroom??"

/rant

Title	Girl challenges boys-only robotics class, designed to help boys catch up in literacy. People say she was fighting sexism.
Author	augustfell
Upvotes	52
Comments	39
Date	July 7, 2015 1:37 AM UTC (11 years ago)
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