Wherever you turn there are legions of anti-male feminists coming out of the woodwork demonising men and calling for special favours for women and girls.
Dr Helen Wight, president of the Girls' Schools Association (there is no Boys' Schools Association that I can find) said (Standard and Telegraph) that girls should be taught about sexism because men secretly think their place in the home and only play lip service to equality. She has a son and a husband I wonder how they feel having a mother who sneers at them?
The problem is that people like Dr Wright think it is OK to come out with this nonsense and no commentators have the nerve to challenge them. This is someone who has influence and she wants to turn every girl at school into people who hate men because they think all boys and men hate and sneer at them.
When will this sexist man-hating nonsense end?
Posted by Skimmington
PS If she wants to teach girls about sexism, this site may be a good start!
In fact it is already on the Curriculum in the form of the lesson materials promoted to schools as part of the Violence against Women and Girls Strategy.
Posted by: Groan | Monday, 05 December 2011 at 09:43
Would be interesting to have a look at that material Groan, you have any details?
Posted by: John Kimble | Monday, 05 December 2011 at 22:56
https://www.education.gov.uk/publications/standard/Childrenandfamilies/Page6/DCSF-00281-2010
https://www.education.gov.uk/publications/standard/publicationDetail/Page1/DCSF-00281-2010
http://www.womankind.org.uk/what-we-do/legacy/
http://www.homeoffice.gov.uk/crime/violence-against-women-girls/teenage-relationship-abuse/
Please see links above. As usual reasonably accurate guidance from the Home office isn,t reflected in the materials made available fropm the "industry". Effectively what has happened is that the VAWG has pushed schools to include a particular version of "Gender Equality" as the materials produced for lessons all come from the Dv "industry". A quick google will produce an number of examples like that of womankind,s. The net effect is that it is Boys are targeted as the problem even though the home office quotes research that 50% will have experienced some frm of abuse and the majority of victims of bullying are boys. relationship
Posted by: Groan | Tuesday, 06 December 2011 at 09:12