Posted on 11/28/2017 6:52:05 PM PST by marshmallow
Teachers should not refer to pupils as “girls" or "ladies” because it means they are “constantly reminded of their gender”, the Government’s former mental health tsar has said.
Natasha Devon told headteachers of the country’s leading girls’ schools that they should be using gender-neutral language when they address their students, and added that the same applied for boys.
Speaking at the Girls’ School Association’s annual conference in Manchester, she said that she would “never walk into a room in an-all girls’ school and say girls or ladies” because it was “patronising”.
Ms Devon said that rather than addressing children as “boys” or “girls”, teachers should use gender-neutral terms such as “pupils”, “students” or “people”.
“I think actually in some ways boys are more constrained by the expectation of their gender,” she said. “And whilst that is being challenged and changed I don’t think it’s helpful to keep saying ‘girls, girls, girls, boys, boys, boys’, because there is so much implication that potentially goes with that.”
Ms Devon said that using the term “girls” can evoke a sense that they have to do everything perfectly which can “create a lot of anxiety” in children and teenagers.
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So, don’t call them girls, just hold up a mirror to their faces.
Is a Former Mental Health Czar like a Former Language Nazi?
Are they ashamed of their sex?
Most of the Female students are girls
I never thought I would live long enough to see mass stupitity rule the day....
> the Government’s former mental health tsar has said <
That’s gotta be a misprint. I’m sure they meant to say “former mental health patient”.
Me: “Yes, Ma’am. Whatever you say, Ma’am. Your word is my law, Ma’am.”
Just call them all snowflakes.
"Ms" is inappropriate here. The proper non-sexist designation is "thing."
"Thing Devon said..."
““I think actually in some ways boys are more constrained by the expectation of their gender,” she said”
And while trying to lay out an argumentative symposium on the sexist treatment of women based upon her theories of equality and reaction to identity, she makes a comment like this.
rwood
Next step:
Do not refer to fellow homo-sapiens as “people”, “person”, “human”, etc., as this may conflict with their inner view of their species.
Use only descriptors such as “homonid”, “mammal”, “animal”, etc.
Next:
Do not refer to fellow homonids as “mammal”, “animal”, etc., as this may put limitations on their view of their own capabilities.
Use only descriptors such as “being”, “existor”, “mortal”, etc.
And then:
Do not refer to fellow beings as “existor”, “mortal, etc., as this could put undue stress on their inner dialogue regarding their place in the universe.
Use only descriptors such as “almighty”, “you whose name may not be uttered”, “supernatural essence”, etc.
Finally:
Do not refer to other essences. They are of their own world and shall not be presumed to interact with those who foolishly use their capacity to speak as they will.
So do you address them by saying “hey youze”?
From what is being heard all over, some need to be reminded of their gender.
You can’t fool nature, you can only fool yourself.
Oh for cripesake! I swear, if I had to put up with this nonsense on a daily basis I might be one of those who just snaps and starts plinking at teachers. Insane.
I think they are reminded every time they use the bathroom.
In Miss Brody’s defense, the word she used was something like “gerrrrrels.”
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