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Feminism: Sex and gender discussions
Daysleeperagain · 12/11/2024 22:12

The teachers going along with it are a disgrace, well done to the teachers who spoke out. The statement from Glasgow Council was pathetic and if that is how spineless they really are, no wonder some teachers think they can push any dangerous ideology they wish to.

MrsOvertonsWindow · 12/11/2024 22:24

Our children have no chance in the face of these dangerous zealots do they? This should be a disciplinary matter - instead you've got the paedophile scandal hit LGBTYS group with their grubby hands all over this. 😡

NPET · 12/11/2024 23:26

Isn't Bannerman a song by Blue Mink?

WearyAuldWumman · 12/11/2024 23:37

I was about to say that Bannerman has quite a high profile when it comes to social media...but I've just checked and their main Twitter account has gone. It says "suspended", but I'm assuming that the SLT has pulled the plug on it for the moment.

Their other accounts are still there for the moment.

borntobequiet · 13/11/2024 10:56

Anisty · 12/11/2024 19:36

Hmmm. Daily Record. Scottish equivalent of The Sun.

Nonetheless perfectly able to report facts, which seems to be the case here.

morningtoncrescent62 · 13/11/2024 11:01

It sounds like an activist 'teacher' who led the school's LGBT group was the one responsible. Other teachers, thankfully, had more sense, and were rightly horrified. I wonder whether there will be any disciplinary action, and whether questions will be asked about the LGBT group. I'd hope the headteacher and governing body would be on it.

IHaveNeverLivedintheCastle · 13/11/2024 15:17

Anisty · 12/11/2024 19:36

Hmmm. Daily Record. Scottish equivalent of The Sun.

It isn't. But even if it were the report is correct.

WhyThatsDelightful · 13/11/2024 15:23

In England, Breast binding is considered a form of child abuse by the Police.

“Breast ironing (also called breast flattening) is when young girls' breasts are damaged over time to flatten them and delay their development. Sometimes, an elastic belt, or binder, is used to stop them from growing.”

“Although there's no specific law within the UK around breast ironing, it's a form of child abuse”

www.met.police.uk/advice/advice-and-information/caa/child-abuse/breast-ironing-flattening/

WearyAuldWumman · 13/11/2024 16:42

morningtoncrescent62 · 13/11/2024 11:01

It sounds like an activist 'teacher' who led the school's LGBT group was the one responsible. Other teachers, thankfully, had more sense, and were rightly horrified. I wonder whether there will be any disciplinary action, and whether questions will be asked about the LGBT group. I'd hope the headteacher and governing body would be on it.

A large part of the problem, in m view, is that these LGBT groups often get kudos for their activities - and of course there's the Stonewall approval effect.

I'm trying not to out myself, so keeping this vague as possible, even though I'm now retired.

In the time that I was in middle management, I was perplexed at the changes from LGB positivity to the emphasis on gender identity and transitioning.

A school down the road from us got a great deal of publicity for their approved LGBT group because an exceptionally famous person visited and spoke to the kids. It even featured on national tv.

Our HT was challenged by a local councillor for not having the school displaying LGBT posters and flags around the school. He commented that a certain other school close by didn't display them either. "Yes, but it's different for them..."

The difference was that the other school was a Catholic school.

I think that the tide is turning now, but I have friends who were non-Catholic but sought places in Catholic schools because the emphasis there was still on education. I only have experience of having taught in a Catholic school once. Ditto, my late husband.

Our experience was that there was a push for all children to do their best academically. The one matter that did give me pause, I admit, is that both schools used Spike Milligan's "Unto Us" for English lit. Mind you, the non-denominational school that I attended in the 1970s used the same poem.

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