“Schools all over America are searching for ways to respond to bullying, and especially some way to address the specter of gay teen suicide which seems to be connected to bullying much of the time, even if the connection is apparently hard to make for some school administrators. But some of the solutions they’re coming up with are better than others — some schools veer dangerously close to castigating bullied children rather than their tormentors, or making “gay” the root of the problem as opposed to “bullying” or “suicide.” And when hurtful norms of gender presentation and sexual orientation are reinforced instead of questioned, kids are only helped, not hurt.
“For instance, the Suffolk school district of Virginia is considering a ban on clothes ”not in keeping with a student’s gender” — and referenced the murder of Larry King to defend it as an anti-bullying measure. The idea is that if students wear “appropriately gendered” clothes, they will be safe from any and all cruelty that could be potentially visited upon them by their classmates. Why didn’t someone think of that before!”
fuck you. just fuck you all.
Its like my high school all over again.
Soooooooooo basically victim-blaming? I don’t even know where to begin addressing this…
fuck you. just fuck you all.
just another example...victim blaming. Why bother teaching
This makes me so sad...angry I’m honestly...bit ill… damn…
absolutely appalling. I wear what society defines as “girls’/women’s” clothing on a daily basis. For quite a number
my state, everybody
when it gets to something like this I think ‘What’s even the point of going to school? I’m here to learn, and shouldn’t...
” Kids, I’m just going to give it to you straight - which is how He intended you to get it all along: it’s your fault...
…Yeah that sounds like Suffolk logic. :|
You know, because when I was bullied in school because other students thought I was gay, it was completely because of...
getting bullied by their kids. And they think...best way to avoid this problem
Not enough facepalm
fucking ridiculous…