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[–]msteacherlady 4 insightful - 1 fun4 insightful - 0 fun5 insightful - 1 fun -  (2 children)

I don't know where one would put the pin on the timline of when this all started, but the current hot garbage is so current in fact, I don't think many have had time to recover from the whiplash that got them into GC in the first place. But I do have some predictions for myself because I'm really just here for the GC. I appreciate rad fem, and am learning a whole lot about it suddenly, but it might be too austere for me to identify with.

As a teacher, I have a few concerns. Sports, locker rooms and bathrooms, union representation if I slip up in my speech, teaching biology correctly and concisely, and being forced at work to out myself as a cisgender woman when we play the pronoun game. If progress is made on these issues, I will most likely fade away in my interest rather than look for new fights to pick. But I don't see my mind changing as far as my values go.

[–]Killer_Danish 6 insightful - 1 fun6 insightful - 0 fun7 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

I've volunteered in schools and sat in on Gay-Straight Alliance meetings, and the most disturbing thing I saw was the teacher not raising any concern when a 14-year-old expressed a "life-or-death need" for a breast-binder (something her parents refused to get her) and revealed that she "had a friend online" wanting to buy her one in secret.

My brain went: "GROOMING ALERT! GROOMING ALERT!" But nothing was said by the teacher and I kept hush for fear that any objections would out me as a T**F. Why do women have to choose between social/economic self-preservation and the physical well-being of girl children?! It's maddening!!!

[–]msteacherlady 3 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 0 fun4 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

As a teacher I wouldn't comment either, but alert counseling, admin and parents. I would encourage you as a volunteer to talk to teachers, coaches, or any adult in charge when stuff like this comes up anyway. Some may not realize what's going on these days. Some may have also received inclusivity training and are just operating on a policy of ignoring gender stuff when the BIG problem here is online safety.

I've got a few wokester colleagues, and I think even they would be skeeved out by online "friends" being involved in this child's transition. I'm really hoping this teacher you observed did something.