In recent days, there has been articles on the genderless preschool in Sweden. I found a bit of confusion that they make the claim to be neutral on gender in class, but in example fail. In one example "From a bookcase she pulls out a story about two male giraffes who are sad to be childless — until they come across an abandoned crocodile egg." Now at four years old, a child may not be able to ask simple questions of biology, but wouldn't an inquisitive reader ask "Why are the male couple childless, what makes their gender significant to the reason they have no child?" Also, "Why is the egg abandoned, how did the egg get there, and who created the egg?"
Why is the book even referencing their gender, if it's a gender neutral preschool? Why not just say two giraffes?
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ReplyDeleteHey PF,
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While rethinking how you want to put your point, you should also consider the source reference and its report on the rules the teachers live by in addressing the students.
Your comment, in its simplistic view of how people understand humanity, would be even more confused if used to try to understand their rules.