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[–]jelliknight 14 insightful - 1 fun14 insightful - 0 fun15 insightful - 1 fun -  (2 children)

This is hard, it sucks that they are grooming kids like that and that you're being put in such a bind.

You are being called to a higher level. To higher and deeper strength. It's time to tap into it. Don't forget, we are the granddaughters of all the witches they couldn't burn.

I would leak the situation to parents, if you know any who are indicating they're GC. Subtly encourage them to organise, especially the dads.

I would oppose these moves, especially using what I'm starting to call "woke-jitsu". E.g. "Excuse me Principle, I'm concerned that asking people to use pronouns on every zoom call is going to be terribly uncomfortable to and trans or questioning kids who aren't out yet, and agender kids who don't identify with any pronouns at all, including 'they'. You're asking kids to either lie or to out themselves and i don't think it's ok and it's a distraction from the school work. It's affecting equality of schooling for LBGT students. If announcing their pronouns makes them uncomfortable it will cause absenteeism. Can we please have a standard policy of not asking or mentioning pronouns unless the student specifically requests?"

Was this male teacher hanging out with two female student every lunch?? That's surely inappropriate! Formal, anonymous complaint about appropriate boundaries.

Finally, I wonder if you and the other teacher (I assume a woman) could look at the idea of a 'red tent' group at the school. Totally "gender inclusive" of course but sex segregated. ALL genders are welcome, but it's specifically for female students to be with other female students. The male teachers can organise something equivalent for the boys if they want. It could include lunch time fun activities, extracurricular learning about historical women, visits from female professionals, lessons on their body and how it works, talking about how to make and enforce boundaries, and access to a special female only area with a 'period box' for supplies. Once that idea gets entrenched "No, it's ALLLLL genders, just the female sex because we're talking about sex specific body things" then give it 6 months an you could float the idea of putting the Red Ten Box in one of the ALL GENDER (but now single sex purely to the practicality of putting the period box in there) stalls.

WOKE JITSU, BITCHES.

Don't forget kids are smart. Be open about the contradiction, that sex and gender are not the same and it's ok to want female only bathrooms and unfair that they've been taken away. You are teaching kids more than facts. You're showing them how to stand up.

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

I can't put into words how much your comment means to me. Thank you.