The hyperfocus on what girls are wearing with a healthy heaping of judgment sends precisely the opposite message, underscoring that girls should be constantly concerned about what they are wearing and who might be judging them for it.
judgement
language
While it’s cool to know that being bilingual has scads of smarty-pants benefits, the study overlooks many other things that are awesome about knowing more than one language. But don’t worry -- I’m here to help with five more!
education
I was placed in Special Ed, because that’s what people do with you when they can’t figure you out.
education
Oddly enough, the best place for youth is not the prison system.
education
And I don’t mean: “I took time off to have a family, run a corporation and now I am back.” I mean: “ I have been doing nothing but school since I was 3 years old.”
kiera wilmot
I set the science lab on fire when I was in 8th grade. Not on purpose.
vagina vagina vagina
No matter how many euphemisms he cloaked it in, it still would have been viewed as unacceptable for him to teach his students about reproductive anatomy, and worse, to talk about orgasms.
stem
I don't know that I want to live in a world where kids can't occasionally blow stuff up by accident in chemistry experiments. And not get charged with a felony for doing it.
sex
It was just one of those things that I knew I'd regret not doing on my deathbed. (Now, if I live to reach grandma status, my grandkids will know I used to explain to people the pros and cons of all the different types of dildos!)
education
Telling women they need smaller bazongas if they want to avoid bullying is feeding into a larger and really gross culture about women and bodies.
trans issues
Given the rising number of discussions about bullying and how to fight it in schools, it’s particularly shameful that the people at fault for the bullying of transgender students in elementary school are often adults.
lgbtq
This needs to stop. The US school system is already a grave mockery and a travesty, and situations like this aren’t helping.
church
Like most-inner city liberal types I had a mental picture of fundamentalists drawn mainly from "Big Love" and news coverage of the Yearning for Zion women. In my head, they are buttoned-up in modest clothing and full of blind devotion to their husbands.
family drama
It’s a downside of private education that I’ve often heard discussed and worried over, mostly by Black parents who want the best education -- often perceived not to be a public one or in a predominately Black environment -- for their kids.
dude seriously?
Women students already struggle with sexual harassment in business school in particular, and polls like these only encourage male students to think of them as perks of an MBA, rather than human beings.
s.e. smith in
Issues,
dude seriously?,
seriously just stop talking now,
sexism,
casual sexism,
education,
business
Nov 13, 2012 at 6:00pm | 17 comments
hate speech
This is not an overreaction by students and faculty, but taking action, engaging in open dialogue to not only prevent future acts of hate, but to have a space to articulate feelings of fear and anger -- sentiments that are completely understandable considering the situation.
college
A lot of interesting things happened to me that semester, and some people felt they were because of my age, but I think they had a lot more to do with the fact that I was away from home for the first time.
