{"id":26049,"date":"2020-03-18T12:20:15","date_gmt":"2020-03-18T16:20:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/philip.greenspun.com\/blog\/?p=26049"},"modified":"2020-03-10T12:34:45","modified_gmt":"2020-03-10T16:34:45","slug":"were-gender-neutral-but-all-children-are-either-girls-or-boys","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/philip.greenspun.com\/blog\/2020\/03\/18\/were-gender-neutral-but-all-children-are-either-girls-or-boys\/","title":{"rendered":"We&#8217;re gender-neutral, but all children are either girls or boys"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Our town is building what is, on a per-student basis, the most expensive school ever constructed in the United States. Thus, when it comes time to do sex ed they need to rely <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pgschoolprograms.com\/Parents\">on materials from Procter and Gamble<\/a>. The conservative Midwesterners try to be up to date regarding the irrelevance of biological sex:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"blob:https:\/\/philip.greenspun.com\/5d0d6fce-b9d0-40f2-99b4-594d29f27fe3\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1520\" height=\"826\" src=\"https:\/\/philip.greenspun.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/image-1-1520x826.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-26050\" srcset=\"https:\/\/philip.greenspun.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/image-1-1520x826.png 1520w, https:\/\/philip.greenspun.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/image-1-1024x556.png 1024w, https:\/\/philip.greenspun.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/image-1-300x163.png 300w, https:\/\/philip.greenspun.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/image-1-768x417.png 768w, https:\/\/philip.greenspun.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/image-1-1536x835.png 1536w, https:\/\/philip.greenspun.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/image-1.png 1592w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1520px) 100vw, 1520px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">But notice that they commit the sin of gender binarism. The school population falls into just two categories: girls and boys.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Separately, although the materials are targeted at the full rainbow of students, including those who identify as &#8220;boys&#8221;, the only available role models in the teacher slides appear to be cisgender females:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/philip.greenspun.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/image-2.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1457\" height=\"928\" src=\"https:\/\/philip.greenspun.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/image-2.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-26051\" srcset=\"https:\/\/philip.greenspun.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/image-2.png 1457w, https:\/\/philip.greenspun.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/image-2-1024x652.png 1024w, https:\/\/philip.greenspun.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/image-2-300x191.png 300w, https:\/\/philip.greenspun.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/image-2-768x489.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1457px) 100vw, 1457px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Our town is building what is, on a per-student basis, the most expensive school ever constructed in the United States. 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