Posts Tagged Gender Politics
Mistaking Identity
Posted by Yonason Goldson in Culture, Education and Parenting, Philosophy on July 13, 2011
Consider the Egalia preschool in Stockholm, Sweden, where staff avoid such culturally loaded words as “him” and “her,” addressing the children as “friends” rather than “boys and girls.” According to the AP, “breaking down gender roles is a core mission in [Sweden’s] national curriculum,” and many preschools have hired “gender pedagogues” to devise strategies for eliminating “stereotypes.”
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