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Any teachers willing to give their experience of gender ideology in schools?

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Curiouserandcuriouser1 · 02/12/2021 09:01

Primary or Secondary. I’m interested to know what and where it is being taught and how teachers feel about it. Is there much push back from staff?

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User65412 · 02/12/2021 09:13

Depends what you mean by gender ideology? Traditional gender stereotypes or more current issues around gender identity?

Nuffaluff · 02/12/2021 09:12

I teach in a primary school - year three. We use Jigsaw. Trans people are mentioned in one lesson in year 6. The rationale behind this is that trans people exist and some children identify as trans in primary school.
The Jigsaw lessons I teach to do with gender are about gender stereotypes and how bad they are. We explore traditional assumptions about male and female roles/ likes and dislikes, etc. and how it’s all nonsense. This is great for the kids in my class as many are brought up to believe only women should do housework, for example, because it’s all they see at home. It’s also as simple as teaching the children that pink is not a girl’s colour! It’s amazing how much the children’s minds are blown by this.
Basically, I get to teach feminism. Much fun. It’s really great for the boys too because we talk about how boys and men don’t have to be tough and can show their emotions. Really important I think.

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Curiouserandcuriouser1 · 02/12/2021 09:03

By ‘where it is being taught’ I mean how it is fit into the curriculum, not where in the country.

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