There are a number of very sensitive social issues that continue to divide us in this nation. But the dangers of bullying at schools affects more than just the immediate victims. Self worth, self confidence and self image once destroyed can have disastrous consequences for the individual, for classmates and society.
Not only can bullying cause one person to be stigmatized the rest of his/her life but in some instances school violence or general community mayhem results.
Now some students at a New York middle school are worried that a gender blurring message being taught to them will result in more bullying and add undue pressure to an already tough time in their lives.
A recent anti-bullying presentation at a middle school in New York that focused on homosexuality and gender identity has angered parents after their daughters have come home to tell them they were forced to ask another girl for a kiss.
According to reports, the session occurred last week at Linden Avenue Middle School in Red Hook, New York, near Poughkeepsie. A group of students from Bard College led two workshops for the youth, separated by gender.
During the workshop for girls, the 13 and 14-year-olds were told to ask one another for a lesbian kiss. They were also taught words such as “pansexual” and “genderqueer.”
Parent Mandy Coon told reporters that her daughter was very uncomfortable with the exercise.
“She told me, ‘Mom, we all get teased and picked on enough; now I’m going to be called a lesbian because I had to ask another girl if I could kiss her,’” she lamented.
Coon stated that she was especially irate over the matter because parents were given no warning about the presentations, nor an opportunity to opt out. [via GatewayPundit]
Instead of parents complaining maybe they ought to run for school board, participate more heavily in PTSA or maybe, as in Kentucky, make themselves very much aware of who is teaching what to their kids by way of the authority of site based councils.
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