Playground insults against females banned, boys ok

	posted by Adam on 09:02 AM March 8th, 2005
	Anonymous User writes "From This is London, Teachers are warned today that words such as "slag" and "slut" lead to boys feeling superior to girls and make domestic violence seem more acceptable. Boys should be challenged if they are heard directing such terms at girls. It is considered equally unacceptable for girls to aim such insults at one another. Teachers' leaders said such language is common in secondary schools and even among older children at primaries. Not surprisingly, there's no mention if what happens if a girl insults a guy for being a pervert, a horndog or a lech. I seriously doubt such behavior will be banned as well by the new rules."

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Quoting NUT (Score:1) by The_Beedle on 03:22 PM March 8th, 2005 EST (#1) I notice that the article was quoating a member of the teachers union for all the juicy soundbites. Nice to see they're tackling the problem of boys falling behind at school head-on.

Animal Farm (Score:0) by Anonymous User on 03:35 PM March 9th, 2005 EST (#2) "All animals are equal.   ...But some are more equal than       others...,"   (George Orwell)   Thundercloud.   "Hoka hey!"

Bad news for Poofs and Wankers (Score:2) by AngryMan (end_misandryNOSPAM@yahoo.co.uk) on 11:32 AM March 10th, 2005 EST (#3) So, no-one is allowed ot call a girl a slut from now on. I notice that everyone is free to heap verbal and mental abuse on to boys as much as they like. Why doesn't that surprise me? It's interesting that the PC canon permits the use of prick, dick-head, wanker, jerk-off, cock, knob, knob-head, to name but a few. Poof and cunt are prohibited words, not because of the effects they might have on the target, but because they are considered demeaning to someone else.   If I call you a cunt, you have no right to complain on your own behalf - you can only complain that the word demeans women. Nathanson and Young mention in their book Spreading Misandry: The Teaching of Contempt for Men in Popular Culture that every other group in society is permitted to defend itself if attacked, or at the very least, to ask for help. Men are expected to, well, take it like men. Feminism will continue as long as there is money to be made from hating men.

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