Our secondary asked for feedback to the rse curriculum they want to roll out in Sept. I used info from mumsnet and the safe schools alliance to ask questions about how the issue of gender identity would be taught and to confirm if there would be any conflicts with biology lessons.
It took me all day to write my response, I kept writing them deleting then re-writing. It's so exhausting walking on eggshells, advocating for women and girls rights, being gc, trying not make sure you don't alienate people, trying to guess whether the school will be supportive etc etc. I've found personally that when 'outing myself as gc it's my female friends and colleagues who bite back the most in support of the twaw debate. It's like living in a parallel fucking universe.
Has anyone questioned their schools RSE curriculum?
Feminism: Sex and gender discussions
RSE feedback
Powergower · 10/06/2020 10:14
I have a family member who is a teacher and newly alerted (by me!) to these issues.
As a result of me enquiring what the school was doing she asked to see the materials and was pretty horrified at the misinformation in there - e.g. we shouldn't have "cis pride" because c** people have never had to fight for their rights. Yes, let's just ignore the civil rights movement, suffragettes, campaign for gay marriage etc etc. 
There was a lot of assigned at birth and 'most oppressed ever' language. She asked them to correct some of it but doesn't want to raise her head too much because she is afraid of the v woke management and her career.
In the end it's just the materials they provide, she actually has to teach it and will ensure she doesn't contribute to the misinformation. Hence I want to highlight it's not just the materials that matter, but also the messaging from the teacher. It's worth talking to them about it.
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