Gender critical ideology and schools

submitted by OffAndSphere from self.GenderCritical

I'm a kid. Apparently, my city wasn't lying about it's "city of excellence" slogan, as I haven't seen any drama or protest while at school for ten years straight. However, I am curious about how gender critical ideology flows around at schools. Currently, there's a gender and sexuality alliance at my high school, and I barely see any news about it or LGBT stuff in general. I managed to confirm one kid out of all my classes to be non-binary, and that was only because I saw the non-binary flag on their laptop, along with some pronouns. I have not even seen "trans rights" in all way, shape, or form during all of my years at school.

Since there's barely any talk about LGBT stuff in schools, I can't figure out where my peers stand on these topics. It would be even more difficult to figure out where they stand on gender critical topics, because it's such an isolated subset of LGBT topics right now. So—I'd never thought I'd say this—I'm asking any parents if they know anything about how well gender critical ideology is accepted.

I guess answers from some other kids that are into gender critical stuff and have a school that's community actually shows signs of knowing that gender critical feminism is a whole ideology with a community and culture. I'm not sure if my school even knows what feminism is beyond "men were being unfair to women for some strange reason and feminism is against that". To be honest, I don't know what it is beyond that, either.

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[–]spinningIntelligence 5 insightful - 1 fun5 insightful - 0 fun6 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

If you're curious about radical feminism, there are a lot of online resources you can check out. FeministCurrent.com is probably a good starting point. Rageagainstthemanchine.com by Nine-Deuce is also a good place to dive in, though you need a Wordpress account.

Gail Dines has some videos on Youtube that explain some basic points about why pornography is bad for women (her videos aren't super depressing either, so that's a plus).

IF you decide to start speaking out, remember to take care of yourself. It's the responsibility of adults to deal with these problems, not teenagers.

[–]worried19 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

I think most schools in non-woke areas are happy to ignore these topics. I grew up in a small town, quite conservative, and these subjects were never broached. Although it's been several years since I graduated, my family still lives there and I'm sure things are the same. Parents would certainly protest if anything along these lines came up, either for or against. I don't think religious folks there would take kindly to their children learning about radical feminism either.