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Old 06-27-2011, 12:46 PM   #1
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Gender Bias Fought At Egalia Preschool In Stockholm, Sweden

Gender Bias Fought At Egalia Preschool In Stockholm, Sweden

STOCKHOLM — At the "Egalia" preschool, staff avoid using words like "him" or "her" and address the 33 kids as "friends" rather than girls and boys.

From the color and placement of toys to the choice of books, every detail has been carefully planned to make sure the children don't fall into gender stereotypes.

"Society expects girls to be girlie, nice and pretty and boys to be manly, rough and outgoing," says Jenny Johnsson, a 31-year-old teacher. "Egalia gives them a fantastic opportunity to be whoever they want to be."

The taxpayer-funded preschool which opened last year in the liberal Sodermalm district of Stockholm for kids aged 1 to 6 is among the most radical examples of Sweden's efforts to engineer equality between the sexes from childhood onward.
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When will it all end?
When taxpayers say, "I aint helping to pay for this horsesh1t!"

Maybe then?...just guessin'

I guess "SOME" people feel everything we've done was wrong. I mean letting a boy know he's a boy and a girl know she's a girl is pretty wierd, dontcha think?

Pretty soon, you won't hear, "I now pronounce you man & wife" at weddings anymore. In Sweden, they'll just say, "I now pronounce you 2 married FRIENDS!"

If I had a son going to that school, I'd tell him to say to a girl, "You're a girl!...you're a girl!" just to see what happens.

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When taxpayers say, "I aint helping to pay for this horsesh1t!"

Maybe then?...just guessin'

I guess "SOME" people feel everything we've done was wrong. I mean letting a boy know he's a boy and a girl know she's a girl is pretty wierd, dontcha think?

Pretty soon, you won't hear, "I now pronounce you man & wife" at weddings anymore. In Sweden, they'll just say, "I now pronounce you 2 married FRIENDS!"

If I had a son going to that school, I'd tell him to say to a girl, "You're a girl!...you're a girl!" just to see what happens.

WTF?
Actually it's been husband and wife for some time now and I agree with that, but gender denial is going too far.
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Apparently no one is forced to go there. The article says there is a "long waiting list" of children waiting to attend.

Sounds a bit much to me - but if people want their kids educated in such a fashion, and as long as no one is forced to go there, then it's not much different than sending your kids to a religious school, is it?
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Apparently no one is forced to go there. The article says there is a "long waiting list" of children waiting to attend.

Sounds a bit much to me - but if people want their kids educated in such a fashion, and as long as no one is forced to go there, then it's not much different than sending your kids to a religious school, is it?
Its funded by taxpayers though...that's not so voluntary.
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Its funded by taxpayers though...that's not so voluntary.
This is Sweden, right? Most things there are paid by taxpayers. And in Sweden, there is little difficulty telling a man from a woman.
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Its funded by taxpayers though...that's not so voluntary.
It's Sweden......all schools receive taxpayer funds.


Prior to the 1990s, there were only a handful of independent schools, mostly tuition-funded boarding schools. In 1992 the government introduced a system of school vouchers where schools without the municipality as principal, could receive government funding for each student. The schools cannot charge the students extra fees, nor they can discriminate or require admission examinations. These "free schools" (similar to charter schools in the United States or academies in the United Kingdom) most often have an alternate pedagogy (for example Montessori), foreign/international, religious (for example Catholic or Muslim) or special needs (for example hearing-impaired) profile.

Independent schools and public schools alike receive money from the kommun for every pupil they have enrolled
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If I had a son going to that school, I'd tell him to say to a girl, "You're a girl!...you're a girl!" just to see what happens.
In a perfect world that little girl would be a black belt in karate.
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This is Sweden, right? Most things there are paid by taxpayers. And in Sweden, there is little difficulty telling a man from a woman.
I know it's Sweden, So all must participate in the program whether they like it or not.

Now you make a point that I'm not sure you were going for. If it's so easy to tell a man from a woman in Sweden then removing the name for each doesn't do a darn thing remove stereotypes.
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If ISLAM ever gets it's foot in the door over there and starts to have a little power they'll take care of those Nutty Bastards,.

Mohammad will tell them who a Boy and a Girl is.................
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