Wednesday, April 20, 2022

How teachers in an Australian territory could soon be forced to call students 'crew' instead of 'boys and girls'


Teachers calling students 'boys' and 'girls' may soon be a thing of the past under plans to create a more welcoming environment for gender diverse children.

In draft guidelines on gender identity from the Northern Territory's Education Department, a variety of steps would be taken to ensure those questioning their gender weren't being offended in the classroom.

School sport days would not be split between boys and girls while students on overnight excursions and school camps would be allowed to sleep in rooms and use bathrooms of their 'affirmed gender', Sky News reported.

'Using gendered language such as 'girls and boys' or 'ladies and gentlemen' confirms gender stereotyping and roles and can be alienating for gender questioning and gender diverse children,' the document says.

'Avoid this by using vocabulary such as 'students', 'class', 'crew', 'everyone', people' or 'year X' that are more inclusive.'

But the draft wasn't well received by everyone in the state with Country Liberal Party Senate candidate Jacinta Price labelling it 'utterly ridiculous'.

She said the focus should instead be on lifting attendance rates in schools in remote communities.

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-10731773/Teachers-encouraged-use-gender-neutral-terms-plans-Northern-Territory.html

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1 comment:

Stan B said...

Because mixing populations based on stated gender identity has been such a bang-up success in prison - not like we've got "women" getting females pregnant, or raping them, or anything - we have to now bring it into overnight trips for youth.

"Gender fluidity" doesn't "improve" anyone's life, doesn't allow them to express "who they are," just coddles poorly formed identities. Children rely on us to help them adjust to who they are in the world - and men are different from women, and girls are different from boys, and all the whining in the world won't change that.