Solidarity in Aldi today!

“”Woman” means a female of any age” : Section 212 Equality Act 2010.
It would be good if someone put this on a T-shirt. I fail to see how anyone could take umbrage at a statutory definition.

I thought all teachers were firmly signed up to the twaw dogma.

Oh God no, very few.

See I’m not finding this though. I think very few of my colleagues have given it any real thought and have simply accepted/assumed there must be something in it. They are clearly nervous when I raise the subject, and I have met real (and sometimes unpleasant) resistance when I have challenged what’s being taught.

I'm definitely going to buy one of those bags - I love a good bag.

GC secondary science teacher here. Totally accepting of anyone can be/wear/behave however they please but chromosomes are chromosomes!

Another GC teacher here, with a supply of the Women stickers in my handbag for when I have to use a public toilet.

I wore the hoody to a choir rehearsal once and was surprised when the choirmaster's partner pointed at it and gave me a thumbs up and then later asked me where it was from.

I am gender critical in that I think trying to make people fit into societal expectations of how they should behave based on their sex is wrong. There are 2 sexes, male and female. How you choose to behave and present yourself has nothing to do with whether you are male or female.

I am intrigued by all of this and off to educate myself as I am unaware of the bag

Hooray!! That's great OP.

I'm an ex secondary teacher. Totally GC, as are those of my teacher friends with whom I've discussed it. There was a massive woke bro TRA in my last school though, who was TWAW and "terfs are scum".

Love this,it's like being in a secret club or society! I've just treated myself to a tote bag for my birthday 🎂

We taught a whole scheme on stereotyping, stereotypical gender roles etc with outcome that y7 are now very 'you can be a boy or girl without conforming'.

Hooray!

But I'd have thought that gender critical means you wouldn't confirm to any gender stereotypes at all. So I'm not sure if I am really GC

No, it means you regard most stereotypes about biological sex to be wrong and based in social construction (this is objectively true but the majority of the population seem to think differently) and that you regard sex stereotypes (gender) to be harmful and to be the mechanism by which women are structurally disadvantaged.

Your personal gender expression has little to do with being GC.

It is not uncommon to see GC used as a shorthand for 'believes biological sex exists' but of course lots of people who are like traditional gender roles or who don't care either way still acknowledge that humans have two sexes- that doesn't make them GC.

Someone else might have a better explanation.

Brilliant thread!

Secondary teacher too.

In the staff room all my department are eye rollingly gc.

We taught a whole scheme on stereotyping, stereotypical gender roles etc with outcome that y7 are now very 'you can be a boy or girl without conforming'. Hooray!
Also taught few lessons on media bias and how to know if websites and news was reliable. Teach critical thinking, looking at both sides of an argument and hope for the best!

I'm East Mids ... if I see any fellow Viper with a T Shirt or bag I'll be over there (mask/socially distanced) like a shot to say hi

Great there are so many GC women in schools, reassuring and definitely a protective factor for vulnerable kids.

if asked your gender what do you say? Obvs sex is woman but gender do you say non binary or something ? Or is non binary only used for sex?

Long answer - we could discuss some gender theory, which is quite interesting, societal stereotypes, culturally agreed upon standards of masculinity and femininity, etc, how these impact on people in both positive and negative ways.

Short answer - I'm female. I would say everyone is 'non-binary', if it wasn't an impossible idea that contains an oxymoron (if one is 'outside' the binary, then it can't be a binary as that would be creating a third category. There is no third sex. (I believe the correct term is 'bimodal', for what it's worth)).

Redbubble has all sorts of good stuff so that's interesting , thanks OP I've bought home decor and clothes from there, gifts and all sorts. Going to look at the Pro Woman art now :)

Love this thread. Taking my kid to childcare t'other day I noticed a some adult human female stickers, it made me unfeasibly optimistic on a crap day. Have started my own local sticker campaign

Such a lovely story OP, I'm really hoping she sees this thread!

I thought all teachers were firmly signed up to the twaw dogma.

Oh God no, very few. Factual education about biological sex is one of the very few areas of the national curriculum still remaining mandatory for all schools.

The problem isn't so much the small number of nutters in teaching so much as the fact that schools rely on guidance documents and on advice from Social Workers or CAHMS counsellors; the Genderists have captured a lot of that.

Also when parents come already convinced their kids can change sex by Mermaids the school will have difficulty saying no.

[quote MrDarcysMa]@MoodyMarshall thank you!
So if asked your gender what do you say? Obvs sex is woman but gender do you say non binary or something ? Or is non binary only used for sex? [/quote]
Humans are either male or female. There is no nonbinary sex.

Although come to think of it, the only question I've ever been asked about gender is, 'Miss, do you believe that there are 99 genders? I bet you do!'. WRONGGGGGGGGGG

[quote MrDarcysMa]@MoodyMarshall thank you!
So if asked your gender what do you say? Obvs sex is woman but gender do you say non binary or something ? Or is non binary only used for sex? [/quote]
I reply that my sex is female. If probed I'll add that gender is a social construct to oppress women and girls.