Children as young as 11 who demonstrate misogynistic behaviour will be taught the difference between pornography and real relationships, as part of a multimillion-pound investment to tackle misogyny in England’s schools, the Guardian understands.
On the eve of the government publishing its long-awaited strategy to halve violence against women and girls (VAWG) in a decade, David Lammy told the Guardian that the battle “begins with how we raise our boys”, adding that toxic masculinity and keeping girls and women safe were “bound together”.
As part of the government’s flagship strategy, which was initially expected in the spring, teachers will be able to send young people at risk of causing harm on behavioural courses, and will be trained to intervene if they witness disturbing or worrying behaviour.
Poor objectivity of a restriction by unreliable judges is part of the restriction. Also, restricting instruction to “demonstrated misogynistic behavior” whatever that means as if the people who need it will necessarily demonstrate that need in a way the teachers recognize.
Is your incredible lack of imagination willful or do teachers in the UK operate at an entirely different level of reliability than elsewhere such that lapses due to poor judgement are unlikely?
Yes, you’re right. The only being who should teach the world’s children about anything is the omnipotent entity that we most definitely have. This entity is without bias, without error, and with perfect judgment. The rest of us are just humans, I guess we don’t get to decide what would help children and try to implement that. Apologies.
(I think their point was that it should be taught unilaterally instead of used as a punishment because the teachers administering the punishment could be overly sensitive, overly passive, or even directly weaponize it.)
Tbf that argument is not without it’s merits, that might be better, in addition to being harder to abuse it as a punishment, it also wouldn’t limit it to witnessed/reported misogynists, and teaching it to even young women could help them have the courage to call it out when encountered or even just recognize it, or even help with internalized misogyny. Idk, sounds good to me.
I agree it’s not a punishment. It should be a lesson and everyone should have it in their toolbox to have as adults.
This isn’t about teaching it, that would presumably be covered for all. This is about a behavioural course which is something very different.
That’s an odd phrase: is a behavioural course more of a therapy or treatment than educational instruction? I was expecting a unit in health class that goes roughly
Its treatment aimed at rectifying behavioural issues.