New speech rules in British schools

Being enforced with Fascist zeal

Children as young as five will be told not to use sexist language such as ‘sissy’, ‘cupcake’ and ‘man up’ under new Government guidelines.

Teachers are being urged to treat such words and phrases as seriously as they would racist insults in a bid to stamp out gender stereotyping in schools.

The guidelines, which will be published tomorrow and sent to every school in England, advise head teachers to appoint experienced teachers as ‘gender champions’. Some schools have already assembled squads of volunteer students to report any sexist language and behaviour to staff.

The guidelines were drawn up by the Institute of Physics as part of a bid to tackle stereotypes in schools that lead to fewer girls than boys studying science.

The guide suggests that schools should find strategies to get more girls to study so-called ‘male’ subjects such as economics and physics at GCSE and A-level, while boys should be encouraged to take more ‘female’ subjects including English literature, foreign languages and psychology. [Why?]

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